Capturing Bad Bill

{{use mdy dates|date=January 2015}} {{Infobox film | name = Capturing Bad Bill | image = | caption = | director = | producer = Arthur Hotaling | writer = Epes W. Sargent | starring = Raymond McKee | music = | cinematography = | editing = | distributor = | released = {{film date|1915|6|15}} | runtime = | country = United States | language = Silent film<br>English intertitles | budget = }}

'''''Capturing Bad Bill''''' is a 1915 American silent comedy film featuring Oliver Hardy. It was a half-reel short, made by Lubin Studios in Jacksonville, Florida.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Miller |first=Blair |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Almost_Hollywood/mwL3lR0fFrgC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22Capturing+Bad+Bill%22&pg=PA43&printsec=frontcover |title=Almost Hollywood: The Forgotten Story of Jacksonville, Florida |date=2013-04-10 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |isbn=978-0-7618-5996-3 |pages=43 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |date=July 3, 1915 |title=Comments on the Films |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Moving_Picture_World/AZ0sAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22Capturing+Bad+Bill%22&pg=PA64&printsec=frontcover |journal=The Moving Picture World |volume=25 |issue=1 |pages=64}}</ref> ''The Moving Picture World'' described the film as "without novelty", but appreciated Raymond McKee's comic performance.<ref name=":0" />

==Cast== * Raymond McKee as Pete Pepper * Mabel Paige as Mary Pepper * Ben Walker as The Mayor * Oliver Hardy as Member of the posse (as Babe Hardy)

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==External links== *{{IMDb title|id=0269049|title=Capturing Bad Bill}}

Category:1915 films Category:American black-and-white films Category:1915 comedy films Category:1915 short films Category:American silent comedy short films Category:1915 American films Category:1915 English-language films Category:English-language comedy short films {{1910s-short-comedy-film-stub}}