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Wikipedia article




'Her Friend the Bandit' is a 1914 American comedy silent film made by Keystone Studios starring Charles Chaplin and Mabel Normand, both of whom co-directed the movie. It is considered lost.

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 films, 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 Chaplins only 'lost' Keystone film as no copy is known to exist.

Reviews



From the 'Lexington Herald' 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' in Portland, Oregon (June 14, 1914): "The Keystone players will offer 'Her Friend, the Bandit', one of those rough and ready farces that make everybody laugh."

Cast



* Charles Chaplin as Bandit

* Mabel Normand as Mabel

* Charles Murray as Count de Beans

See also



* List of American films of 1914

* 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.

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