Her Friend the Bandit is a 1914 American comedy silent film made by Keystone Studios starring Charlie Chaplin and Mabel Normand, both of whom co-directed the movie.[1] It is considered lost.
| Her Friend the Bandit | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Charlie Chaplin Mabel Normand |
| Produced by | Mack Sennett |
| Starring | Charlie Chaplin Mabel Normand Charles Murray |
| Cinematography | Frank D. Williams |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Mutual Film |
Release date |
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Running time | 18 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Languages | Silent film English intertitles |
Synopsis edit
Charlie plays an elegant bandit with whom Mabel has a flirtation. Mabel hosts a party. Charlie attends as a French count (Count de Beans). Charlie's uncouth behavior shocks the other party guests. The Keystone Cops eventually are summoned and remove Charlie from the party.[2]
Chaplin's lost films edit
Her Friend the Bandit and A Woman of the Sea are Chaplin's lost films, as no copy is known to exist. As more and more supposedly 'lost' silent films emerge, there is some hope that a copy of Her Friend the Bandit will surface in a private collection somewhere. As late as 1965, five of Chaplin's early comedies for Keystone were considered forever lost. Copies of four of them have surfaced in the intervening decades.[citation needed] Her Friend the Bandit is still considered Chaplin’s only 'lost' Keystone film.[3]
Reviews edit
From the Lexington Herald in 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 in Portland, Oregon (June 14, 1914): "The Keystone players will offer 'Her Friend, the Bandit', one of those rough and ready farces that make everybody laugh."
Cast edit
- Charlie Chaplin as Bandit
- Mabel Normand as Mabel
- Charles Murray as Count de Beans
See also edit
- List of American films of 1914
- List of lost films
- The Professor - a 1919 film by Chaplin that was never released.
- A Woman of the Sea - a 1926 film by Chaplin that was never released, and destroyed by Chaplin himself in the 1930s as a tax writeoff.
References edit
- ^ "10 Enduring Facts About Charlie Chaplin". www.mentalfloss.com. 2018-04-16. Retrieved 2021-03-19.
- ^ "Her Friend the Bandit (1914)".
- ^ Her Friend the Bandit (1914), retrieved 2021-03-19
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