Billy West obviously had some ability, so why did he just copy Charlie Chaplin?
West's "little tramp" did not have anything to add. It was just a Chaplin-esque character in a Chaplin-esque situation.
There was hardly a story, just a setting for some characters and sudden fights and complications with no real motivation, and no real character building.
The tramp suddenly, with no training, takes over the running of the train depot.
As I said, it was all just senseless situations to enable the would-be funny action.
Alas, it wasn't really that funny.
"The Hobo" is available at YouTube and someone has gone to quite a bit of trouble to upload the video and to provide a nice sound-track.
It's by no means great comedy, although it's pretty good mimicry of Chaplin. And it's an early look at Babe Hardy, so anyone interested in movie history really ought to take a look.
It's fun, but probably worth seeing only once.
West's "little tramp" did not have anything to add. It was just a Chaplin-esque character in a Chaplin-esque situation.
There was hardly a story, just a setting for some characters and sudden fights and complications with no real motivation, and no real character building.
The tramp suddenly, with no training, takes over the running of the train depot.
As I said, it was all just senseless situations to enable the would-be funny action.
Alas, it wasn't really that funny.
"The Hobo" is available at YouTube and someone has gone to quite a bit of trouble to upload the video and to provide a nice sound-track.
It's by no means great comedy, although it's pretty good mimicry of Chaplin. And it's an early look at Babe Hardy, so anyone interested in movie history really ought to take a look.
It's fun, but probably worth seeing only once.