Avenging Bill

Avenging Bill
Directed byJohn A. Murphy
Written byEpes W. Sargent
Produced byArthur Hotaling
StarringOliver Hardy
Release date
  • August 31, 1915 (1915-08-31)
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSilent film
English intertitles

Avenging Bill is a 1915 American silent film featuring Oliver Hardy, made in Jacksonville, Florida, by the Lubin Film Company.[1][2]

Plot

Bill is a grocer's boy working for the Grouches. When Lucy witnesses Mr. Grouch abusing Bill, she attacks Mr. Grouch with a knife, chasing him through the house and yard. Police arrive on the scene but cannot belief young Lucy posed any threat to "a husky brute like Grouch". Lucy and Bill take their own revenge on the Grouches, and leave their employment to get married.[3]

Cast

  • Mabel Paige as Lucy
  • Royal Byron as Mr. Grouch
  • Eloise Willard as Mrs. Grouch
  • Oliver Hardy as Bill, the Grocer's Boy (as Babe Hardy)

References

  1. ^ Miller, Blair (April 18, 2013). Almost Hollywood: The Forgotten Story of Jacksonville, Florida. Bloomsbury Publishing PLC. p. 43. ISBN 978-0-7618-5994-9.
  2. ^ Louvish, Simon (2005). Stan and Ollie: The Roots of Comedy: The Double Life of Laurel and Hardy. Macmillan. p. 481. ISBN 978-0-312-32598-5.
  3. ^ "Stories of the Films". The Moving Picture World: 1539. August 28, 1915.

See also