''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

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, 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

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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 *

as Henry

External links

''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