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Voidsville Follies

Works by Helen Carlyle (2)

That Little Band of Gold

Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle (director/lead)
Mabel Normand (lead)
Alice Davenport (lead)
Ford Sterling (lead)
May Emory (lead)
Frank Hayes (lead)
Helen Carlyle (lead)
Slim Summerville (lead)
Keystone (production)

Language: Silent, English titles, released in Mar 1915
Minutes: 25

Keystone attempts a more fleshed out story, less reliant on gags and falls. Though not a screamer, Ford Sterling's masterful comic mugging keeps it from being a snoozer.

Featured elements:

: abuse; bookends; comedy; courtroom; infidelity; marriage reconciliation; marriage termination; metatheatre; neglected spouse; revenge; servitude; slapstick; treachery

When Love Took Wings

Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle (director/lead)
Helen Carlyle (lead)
Al St. John (lead)
Joe Bordeaux (lead)
Frank Hayes (lead)
Keystone 6-step Porch (location)
Keystone (production)

Language: Silent, English titles, released in Apr 1915
Minutes: 13

Little-known Helen Carlyle gives an animated Mabel-style performance in this aptly-titled fast-paced fun April Fool's Day flick, that also features a chase that looks like the inspiration for It's A Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963).

Featured elements:

: airplane; automobile; biking; bombers; chase; comedy; crazy cops; fighting; forsaken; heroic defender; infidelity; parody; patriarchy; slapstick

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