''Her Friend the Bandit'' is a 1914 American comedy
silent film
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made by
Keystone Studios starring
Charles Chaplin
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and
Mabel Normand, both of whom co-directed the movie. It is considered
lost
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Synopsis
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.
Chaplin's lost films
''Her Friend the Bandit'' and ''
A Woman of the Sea'' are Chaplin's
lost film
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s, 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. ''Her Friend the Bandit'' is still considered Chaplin’s only 'lost' Keystone film as no copy is known to exist.
Reviews
From the ''
Lexington Herald
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'' 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
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'' in
Portland, Oregon
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(June 14, 1914): "The Keystone players will offer 'Her Friend, the Bandit', one of those rough and ready farces that make everybody laugh."
Cast
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Charles Chaplin
Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin Jr. (16 April 188925 December 1977) was an English comic actor, filmmaker, and composer who rose to fame in the era of silent film. He became a worldwide icon through his screen persona, the Tramp, and is consid ...
as Bandit
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Mabel Normand as Mabel
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Charles Murray Charles Murray may refer to:
Politicians
*Charles Murray, 1st Earl of Dunmore (1661–1710), British peer
*Charles Murray (author and diplomat) (1806–1895), British author and diplomat
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as Count de Beans
See also
*
List of American films of 1914
A list of American films released in 1914.
See also
* 1914 in the United States
References
External links
1914 filmsat the Internet Movie Database
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1914
Films
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*
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
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1914 films
Silent American comedy films
1914 comedy films
Short films directed by Charlie Chaplin
Films directed by Mabel Normand
Films produced by Mack Sennett
American black-and-white films
American silent short films
Lost American films
Keystone Studios films
1914 short films
American comedy short films
1914 lost films
Lost comedy films
1910s American films
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