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The Hobo

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The Hobo
Full movie
Directed byArvid E. Gillstrom
Produced byLouis Burstein
StarringBilly West
Oliver Hardy
Release date
  • November 1, 1917 (1917-11-01)
Running time
15 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSilent film
English intertitles

The Hobo is a 1917 American silent comedy film featuring Oliver Hardy.[1]

Cast

Reception

Like many American films of the time, The Hobo was subject to cuts by city and state film censorship boards. The Chicago Board of Censors required a cut where the man blew his nose in a cuspidor.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Progressive Silent Film List: The Hobo". silentera.com. Retrieved November 4, 2010.
  2. ^ "Official Cut-Outs by the Chicago Board of Censors". Exhibitors Herald. 6 (2). New York: Exhibitors Herald Company: 31. January 5, 1918.