Her Friend the Bandit
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Her Friend the Bandit is a 1914
American
comedy silent film
made by Keystone Studios
starring Charles Chaplin and Mabel Normand
, both of whom co-directed the movie. This is Chaplin's only lost film
as no copy is known to exist.
Reviews of the film from 1914 include the following:
From The Lexington Herald, Lexington, Kentucky June 7, 1914: "'Her Friend, the Bandit', Keystone. One of the funniest and most hilarious comedies in a decade, with a conglomeration of mirth-provoking scenes."
From the Oregonian, Portland Oregon, June 14, 1914: "The Keystone players will offer 'Her Friend, the Bandit', one of those rough and ready fares that make everybody laugh."
1914 in film
The year 1914 in film involved some significant events, including the debut of Cecil B. DeMille as a director.-Events:*The 3,300-seat Mark Strand Theatre opens in New York City....
American
Cinema of the United States
The cinema of the United States, also known as Hollywood, has had a profound effect on cinema across the world since the early 20th century. Its history is sometimes separated into four main periods: the silent film era, classical Hollywood cinema, New Hollywood, and the contemporary period...
comedy silent film
Silent film
A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound, especially with no spoken dialogue. In silent films for entertainment the dialogue is transmitted through muted gestures, pantomime and title cards...
made by Keystone Studios
Keystone Studios
Keystone Studios was an early movie studio founded in Edendale, California in 1912 as the Keystone Pictures Studio by Mack Sennett with backing from Adam Kessel and Charles O. Bauman, owners of the New York Motion Picture Company...
starring Charles Chaplin and Mabel Normand
Mabel Normand
Mabel Normand was an American silent film comedienne and actress. She was a popular star of Mack Sennett's Keystone Studios and is noted as one of the film industry's first female screenwriters, producers and directors...
, both of whom co-directed the movie. This is Chaplin's only lost film
Lost film
A lost film is a feature film or short film that is no longer known to exist in studio archives, private collections or public archives such as the Library of Congress, where at least one copy of all American films are deposited and catalogued for copyright reasons...
as no copy is known to exist.
Reviews of the film from 1914 include the following:
From The Lexington Herald, Lexington, Kentucky June 7, 1914: "'Her Friend, the Bandit', Keystone. One of the funniest and most hilarious comedies in a decade, with a conglomeration of mirth-provoking scenes."
From the Oregonian, Portland Oregon, June 14, 1914: "The Keystone players will offer 'Her Friend, the Bandit', one of those rough and ready fares that make everybody laugh."
Cast
- Charles Chaplin - Bandit
- Mabel NormandMabel NormandMabel Normand was an American silent film comedienne and actress. She was a popular star of Mack Sennett's Keystone Studios and is noted as one of the film industry's first female screenwriters, producers and directors...
- Mabel - Charles MurrayCharles Murray (actor)Charles Murray , was an American film actor of the silent era. He appeared in 283 films between 1912 and 1938...
- Count de Beans
See also
- List of American films of 1914
- List of lost films
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- a 1919 film by Chaplin that was never released.