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Billy West (silent Film Actor)
Billy West (September 22, 1892 – July 21, 1975) was a film actor, producer, and director. Active during the silent film era, he is best known as a semi-successful Charlie Chaplin impersonator. Beyond acting, he also directed shorts in the 1910s and 20s, as well as produced films. West ultimately retired in 1935. Early career Born Roy B. Weisberg (or ''Weissberg'') in the Russian Empire to a Jewish family, West emigrated to Chicago with his family in 1896. He appeared in many short films, first in ''Apartment No. 13'' in 1912. Chaplin impersonation In 1917 movie theaters could not get enough Charlie Chaplin comedies, and an enterprising producer hired West, who had been doing comic pantomimes on the vaudeville stage, to make imitation-Chaplin subjects to meet the demand. West, wearing the identical "tramp" costume and makeup, copied Chaplin's movements and gestures so accurately that he is often mistaken for the genuine performer. Reportedly, Chaplin himself saw the Billy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Actor
An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), literally "one who answers".''Hypokrites'' (related to our word for hypocrite) also means, less often, "to answer" the tragic chorus. See Weimann (1978, 2); see also Csapo and Slater, who offer translations of classical source material using the term ''hypocrisis'' ( acting) (1994, 257, 265–267). The actor's interpretation of a rolethe art of actingpertains to the role played, whether based on a real person or fictional character. This can also be considered an "actor's role," which was called this due to scrolls being used in the theaters. Interpretation occurs even when the actor is "playing themselves", as in some forms of experimental performance art. Formerly, in ancient Greece and the medieval world, and in England at the time of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills)
Forest Lawn Memorial Park – Hollywood Hills is one of the six Forest Lawn cemeteries in Southern California. It is located at 6300 Forest Lawn Drive, Los Angeles, California 90068, in the Hollywood Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles. History The first Forest Lawn, in Glendale, was founded in 1906 by businessmen who hired Dr. Hubert Eaton, a firm believer in a joyous life after death. He believed that most cemeteries were "unsightly stone yards", and pledged to create one that would reflect his optimistic beliefs and be "as different, as unlike other cemeteries as sunshine is to darkness, as eternal life is unlike death." He stated "I shall try to build at Forest Lawn a great park, devoid of misshapen monuments and other customary signs of Earthly death, but filled with towering trees, sweeping lawns, splashing fountains, singing birds, beautiful statuary, cheerful flowers, noble memorial architecture with interiors full of light and color, and redolent of the world's best ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Pest (1917 Film)
''The Pest'' ( a.k.a. ''The Freeloader'') is a 1917 American silent comedy film featuring Oliver Hardy. Cast * Billy West as The Pest * Oliver Hardy (as Babe Hardy) * Ethelyn Gibson * Bud Ross as The Bellboy (as Budd Ross) * Leo White as The Count See also * List of American films of 1917 * Oliver Hardy filmography __NOTOC__ These are the films of Oliver Hardy as an actor. For the filmography of Laurel and Hardy as a team, see: Laurel and Hardy films :''This list contains only the films that Laurel and Hardy made together. For their solo films see Stan Laur ... References External links * 1917 films 1917 short films 1917 comedy films American silent short films American black-and-white films Films directed by Arvid E. Gillstrom Silent American comedy films American comedy short films 1910s American films {{1910s-short-comedy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Hobo
''The Hobo'' is a 1917 American silent comedy film featuring Billy West and Oliver Hardy. It is a shameless copy of Charlie Chaplin's 1915 film The Tramp with West copying Chaplin's tramp outfit down to the last detail. Plot Harold sits in a diner eating a huge stack of pancakes. Outside a hobo hides on a platform under a railway freight car. He sits by the track and has a picnic as an astonished brakeman looks on. The hobo spies some pies and vaults a fence. A dog chases him and he bumps into Dolly. She drops her handkerchief and he follows her to the ticket office of the station to return it. She goes into the office and surprises her father. The hobo knocks on the hatch and the girl appears. He hooks her neck with his walking stick and pulls her head through the hole. Back in the diner Harold has finished the pancakes and starts work on eating a whole sponge cake. He spots the hobo trying to kiss Dolly, who is his girlfriend. He throws the cake but misses the hobo. It g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Candy Kid (1917 Film)
''The Candy Kid'' is a 1917 American silent comedy short (13 minutes) featuring Billy West and Oliver Hardy. It was produced by King Bee Comedies. Plot Two rival candy and ice-cream shops that face each other across a street try to steal each other's customers. White's shop advertises for a "strong brave man" and the Candy Kid is sixth in line. White wants them to bomb the other shop. The Candy Kid dresses as Charlie Chaplin's tramp. The Candy Kid gets the job. He accidentally ignites the bomb fuse in White's shop and it is thrown from person to person until the fuse is put out. His job is then explained. He asks a policeman for a match. He has to throw the bomb away when the policeman comes back. It hits a woman on the head. The Kid throws the bomb away from the woman back across the street. It lands in White's rear room and explodes. The woman takes the Kid into Hardy's shop to reward him. She asks Hardy to give him a job but he refuses. He gets pushed into the back shop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Chief Cook
''The Chief Cook'' is a 1917 American silent comedy film featuring Oliver Hardy. Cast * Billy West as The Star Boarder * Bud Ross as Boggs (as Budd Ross) * Oliver Hardy as Babe (as Babe Hardy) * Ellen Burford as Dolly * Joe Cohen * Leo White as Ham See also * List of American films of 1917 * Oliver Hardy filmography __NOTOC__ These are the films of Oliver Hardy as an actor. For the filmography of Laurel and Hardy as a team, see: Laurel and Hardy films :''This list contains only the films that Laurel and Hardy made together. For their solo films see Stan Laur ... External links *Stills of censored sceneof Ellen Burford in bathtub 1917 films American silent short films American black-and-white films 1917 comedy films 1917 short films Films directed by Arvid E. Gillstrom Silent American comedy films American comedy short films 1910s American films {{1910s-short-comedy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Fly Cop
''The Fly Cop'' is a 1917 American silent comedy film featuring Oliver Hardy. Like many American films of the time, ''The Fly Cop'' was subject to cuts by city and state film censorship boards. The Chicago Board of Censors required cuts in scenes of a man pulling an artificial leg from a girl and of a girl pulling her skirt above her knees while walking across a wet floor. Cast * Billy West as The Fly Cop * Oliver Hardy as Proprietor (credited as Babe Hardy) * Bud Ross as Handyman (credited as Budd Ross) * Leo White as The Mayor * Ellen Burford as Forelady * Charles Slattery as Chief of Police * Ethelyn Gibson as A Chicken (credited as Ethlyn Gibson) See also * List of American films of 1917 * Oliver Hardy filmography __NOTOC__ These are the films of Oliver Hardy as an actor. For the filmography of Laurel and Hardy as a team, see: Laurel and Hardy films :''This list contains only the films that Laurel and Hardy made together. For their solo films see Stan Laur ... Referenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Goat (1917 Film)
''The Goat'' is a 1917 American silent comedy film featuring Oliver Hardy. Like many American films of the time, ''The Goat'' was subject to cuts by city and state film censorship boards. The Chicago Board of Censors cut, in reel 2, the man raising the girl's leg to strike a match on her shoe, all scenes of Billy West in the wrong bed, and the holding of hands across twin beds. Cast * Billy West as An Inventor * Oliver Hardy as His Neighbor (credited as Babe Hardy) * Bud Ross * Leo White * Florence McLaughlin * Polly Bailey * Joe Cohen * Ethelyn Gibson * Agnes Neilson See also * Oliver Hardy filmography __NOTOC__ These are the films of Oliver Hardy as an actor. For the filmography of Laurel and Hardy as a team, see: Laurel and Hardy films :''This list contains only the films that Laurel and Hardy made together. For their solo films see Stan Laur ... References External links * 1917 films 1917 comedy films 1917 short films American silent short films Silent America ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Millionaire (1917 Film)
''The Millionaire'' is a 1917 American silent comedy film featuring Oliver Hardy. Cast * Billy West as Billy * Oliver Hardy as The mother-in-law (as Babe Hardy) * Ethel Marie Burton as Ethel (as Ethel Burton) * Joe Cohen * Florence McLaughlin as (as Florence McLoughlin) * Polly Bailey (as Polly Van) * Ethelyn Gibson (as Ethlyn Gibson) * Leo White * June Walker * Bud Ross (as Budd Ross) See also * List of American films of 1917 * Oliver Hardy filmography __NOTOC__ These are the films of Oliver Hardy as an actor. For the filmography of Laurel and Hardy as a team, see: Laurel and Hardy films :''This list contains only the films that Laurel and Hardy made together. For their solo films see Stan Laur ... External links * 1917 films 1917 short films American silent short films American black-and-white films Films directed by Arvid E. Gillstrom 1917 comedy films Silent American comedy films American comedy short films 1910s American films {{1910s-short-comedy-f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Villain (1917 Film)
''The Villain'' is a 1917 American silent comedy film featuring Oliver Hardy. Cast * Billy West as Billy * Oliver Hardy as Babe (billed as Babe Hardy) * Florence McLaughlin as Florence (billed as Florence McLoughlin) * Bud Ross as Budd (as Budd Ross) * Ethelyn Gibson * Leo White * Joe Cohen See also * Oliver Hardy filmography __NOTOC__ These are the films of Oliver Hardy as an actor. For the filmography of Laurel and Hardy as a team, see: Laurel and Hardy films :''This list contains only the films that Laurel and Hardy made together. For their solo films see Stan Laur ... External links * 1917 films 1917 comedy films 1917 short films Silent American comedy films American silent short films American black-and-white films Films directed by Arvid E. Gillstrom American comedy short films 1910s American films 1910s English-language films {{1910s-short-comedy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cupid's Rival
''Cupid's Rival'' is a 1917 American silent comedy film featuring Oliver Hardy. Plot As described in a film magazine review, Billy works as the janitor of a studio apartment, and has been ordered by Hyfligher, a rich artist, to bring his breakfast to him. Residing in an adjacent studio is Daub, a poor artist, who has painted a picture of Dough for the landlord in lieu of rent. Doub sees his sweetheart Ethel entering the studio of Hyfligher. He is enraged, and bursts into the room to find Ethel stroking the head of the rich artist. Daub seizes a painting of Ethel and smashes Hyfligher on the head with it. Hyfligher is distracted as the day for the exhibition is coming near. Meanwhile, Mike the elevator operator is chasing a mouse through the building, and the chase leads into Doub's studio where the mouse climbs up the side of the painting of Dough. Mike swings a club at the mouse and misses, tearing the portrait. Mike is horrified, and Doub is heart broken when he returns. Mike ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dough Nuts
''Dough Nuts'' is a 1917 American silent comedy film featuring Oliver Hardy. Cast * Billy West as Billy, the New Baker * Ethel Marie Burton as Ethel, the Cashier (as Ethel Burton) * Oliver Hardy as Babe, the chef (as Babe Hardy) * Leo White as Camembert, the Proprietor * Bud Ross as Boob, the Assistant (as Budd Ross) * Florence McLaughlin as Waitress (as Florence McLoughlin) * Joe Cohen as Pierre * Frank Bates as His Pal See also * List of American films of 1917 * Oliver Hardy filmography __NOTOC__ These are the films of Oliver Hardy as an actor. For the filmography of Laurel and Hardy as a team, see: Laurel and Hardy films :''This list contains only the films that Laurel and Hardy made together. For their solo films see Stan Laur ... External links * 1917 films American silent short films American black-and-white films 1917 comedy films 1917 short films Films directed by Arvid E. Gillstrom Silent American comedy films American comedy short films 1910s Ameri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
