Product Details

• Actors: Billy Gilbert, Anita Louise, Margaret Hamilton, Alan Mowbray, Richard Cromwell
• Directors: Edward F. Cline
• Writers: Elbert Franklin, Ethel La Blanche
• Producers: Harold B. Franklin
• Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, Dolby, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Alpha Video
• DVD Release Date: December 21, 2004
• Run Time: 66 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0006IUE98
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #200,537 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "The Villain Still Pursued Her" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars This is something just a little different., January 22, 2007

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Brigalow "CONVICT13" (Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Villain Still Pursued Her (DVD)

The villians are evil doers that you will hiss at, the goodies you will root for and along the way you will enjoy this over the top comedy. Buster Keaton plays the role to William, he is one of the heroes of the storyline. This is great fun to watch as the characters whisper to the camera and you are encouraged to hiss and clap along. If you like panto you are going to really enjoy this movie. It is certainly not your average film.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "Ah.... I see you like butter!", February 3, 2008

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This review is from: The Villain Still Pursued Her (DVD)

THE VILLAIN STILL PURSUED HER is one of the little gems hidden in MCE's COMEDY KINGS 50 Movie Pack. This one's so good I actually just watched it two nights in a row-- something I *never* do.

The film's style and era are reminiscent of the WARNER BROS. cartoon "The Dover Boys at Pimento University or The Rivals of Roquefort Hall" (1942)-- a one-of-a-kind Chuck Jones classic that introduced the world to the Dover Boys (Tom, Dick and Larry), their sweetheart (Dora dear) and the evil villain (Dan Backslide).

The plot of "The Villain..." is basic: pure-hearted girl marries a naïve college boy who is then victimized by a mustachioed villain (hisss!) when he's tricked into tasting the Demon Rum that leads him to dissipation, and the young couple to ruin. Also in the mix is a humorously diminutive hero (yay!) deftly played by Buster Keaton in his last great screen role. Other outstanding cast members are Alan Mowbray as the unctuous black caped villain, Margaret Hamilton sweetly delivering her lines as the heroine's precious mother, Richard Cromwell as the wide-eyed youth led astray, lovely Joyce Compton in her patented blonde airhead persona (with a touch of dementia thrown in) and bubbly Hugh Herbert as the scatterbrained doctor who cures men of alcoholism.

This is the sort of movie that gets better with each viewing. Slapstick, throwaway jokes (like the buttercup reference of this review's title), sight gags, cheesy overacting and insanity abound. Watch for the Three Stooges' favorite foil, Vernon Dent, as the cop whose face is buried under several creamy pies.

Directed by Edward F. Cline, co-creator of some of Buster Keaton's greatest silent films, along with Buster himself.

Highly recommended for all fans of good clean silly FUN!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Parody, November 2, 2011

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Georgette (Hudson Valley, NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Villain Still Pursued Her (DVD)

For those who watched this movie and are confused, it must be stated that this is a parody of the Melodramas of the 19th and early 20th century. The acting is overblown, as it would have been in these plays. That said, this movie is hilarious and Buster Keaton (who from his vaudeville days, knew this genre well and spoofed it in his own films) is marvelous. If nothing else, it's the only talkie of his that I fully enjoy. Keaton's character of his Silent Films returns, he has the wit and dry humor that makes us love his Silent Work. Edward Cline directed this film and was Keaton's Asst Director on all his Independent films. He knew and appreciated Keaton's talent and intelligence and lets it shine through. We also get to see the more earthy Keaton, with his Kansas accent and colloquialisms that gives balance to the elegant, ethereal character of his own works. Bravo, also to Keaton to allow a decent amount of self-deprecating humor even on the recent issues of his past life. Sit back, enjoy, and think, what would Keaton's film history have been like if he was allowed to create and work in films like this.