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The Villain Foiled (1911)

The Villain Foiled poster
Directed by
Mack Sennett, Henry Lehrman
Genre
silent film
Country
United States
Runtime
5 min
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A comedic short where a villain tries to cause trouble but gets outsmarted. It is a silent film from 1911 with physical humor and a simple chase.

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What happens

The Villain Foiled is a 1911 American silent comedy short film directed by Henry Lehrman and Mack Sennett and starring Edward Dillon and Blanche Sweet. The film was a split reel along with the film The Baron. A print of The Villain Foiled exists. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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