Parody Because audiences had seen these classic Westerns, they had expectations for any new Westerns, and when these expectations were inverted, the audience laughed. Perhaps the earliest parody film was the 1922 "Mud and Sand", a Stan Laurel film that made fun of Rudolph Valentino's film "Blood and Sand". Laurel specialized in parodies in the mid-1920s, writing and acting in a number of them. Some were send-ups of popular films, such as "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde"—parodied in the comic "Dr. Pyckle and Mr. Pryde" (1926). Others were spoofs of Broadway plays, such as "No, No, Nanette" (1925), parodied as "Yes,
Peggy Pryde into the early 1930s. Pryde appeared in various Australian films, including the 1925 film "Painted Daughters". She appeared in Australia's first talking film "Fellers" (1930) and also in "Showgirl's Luck" (1931), and "Two Minutes Silence" (1933). She died on 17 May 1943 in a private hospital in Sydney. Peggy Pryde Peggy Pryde born 19 July 1867, (Baptised as Letitia Matilda on 14 May 1876 in Lambeth London England) – 17 May 1943 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia) was a British music hall performer of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. She appeared in the early Australian talking film