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"The scream of the screen". One reviewer likened her to a "sort of Charlie Chaplin, Douglas Fairbanks, Sr., and Max Linder." All this was compressed into "one more or less diminutive package of femininity". Sometimes called "the girl Charlie Chaplin", she worked for Mack Sennett and later L-KO Kompany. Her early comedies were often produced by Universal Pictures.
Alice Howell was a prominent American silent film actress and comedienne active during the 1910s and 1920s, recognized for her slapstick style and distinctive physical presence.
She is known for her work in numerous silent short comedies including Cinderella Cinders (1920) and The Pride of the Force (1925), often associated with the studios of Mack Sennett and L-KO Kompany.