The Fable of the Roistering Blades
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''The Fable of the Roistering Blades'' is a 1915 short film directed by
Richard Foster Baker Richard Foster Baker (January 25, 1857 - February 21, 1921) was a director and actor in the U.S. during the silent movie era. Richard Foster Baker was born January 25, 1857, in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, USA. He died February 21, 1921, in Chicago ...
, based upon a story by
George Ade George Ade (February 9, 1866 – May 16, 1944) was an American writer, syndicated newspaper columnist, and playwright who gained national notoriety at the turn of the 20th century with his "Stories of the Streets and of the Town", a column that ...
, and starring Wallace Beery and
Charles J. Stine Charles Jacob Stine (19 August 1864 – 5 January 1934) was an American silent film actor. Charles J. Stine was born on 19 August 1864 in Freeport, Illinois. After a long stage career starting in 1878, Stine began acting with Essanay Studios i ...
. The silent short was produced by the
Essanay Film Manufacturing Company The Essanay Film Manufacturing Company was an early American motion picture studio. The studio was founded in 1907 in Chicago, and later developed an additional film lot in Niles Canyon, California. Its various stars included Francis X. Bushman, ...
and distributed by the
General Film Company The General Film Company was a motion picture distribution company in the United States. Between 1909 and 1920, the company distributed almost 12,000 silent era motion pictures. Formation The General Film Company was formed by the Motion Pictu ...
. Beery was thirty years old at the time of filming.


Cast

* Wallace Beery as Milt *
Charles J. Stine Charles Jacob Stine (19 August 1864 – 5 January 1934) was an American silent film actor. Charles J. Stine was born on 19 August 1864 in Freeport, Illinois. After a long stage career starting in 1878, Stine began acting with Essanay Studios i ...
as Henry


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''The Fable of the Roistering Blades''
in the
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1915 films American black-and-white films American silent short films 1915 comedy films 1910s American films {{1910s-short-comedy-film-stub