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Bright and Early

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Bright and Early
Film scene
Directed byCharley Chase
Produced byLouis Burstein
StarringBilly West
Oliver Hardy
CinematographyHerman Obrock Jr.
Production
company
Release date
  • May 15, 1918 (1918-05-15)
Running time
2 reels
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

Bright and Early is a 1918 American short comedy film featuring Oliver Hardy.[1] This short is preserved in the Library of Congress's collection.[2]

Cast

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Reception

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Like many American films of the time, Bright and Early was subject to restrictions and cuts by city and state film censorship boards. For example, the Chicago Board of Censors cut, in Reel 1, the entire scene of man taking small boy to bathroom and the child's actions outside the room, Reel 2, scene of man in women's underwear where man is peeking through keyhole, man and woman on floor where woman throws her legs up, and the woman on floor showing underwear dropping from her shoulders.[3]

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References

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  1. ^ "Progressive Silent Film List: Bright and Early". silentera.com. Retrieved November 28, 2009.
  2. ^ Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress (<-book title) p. 21 c.1978 by The American Film Institute
  3. ^ "Official Cut-Outs by the Chicago Board of Censors". Exhibitors Herald. 7 (1). New York City: Exhibitors Herald Company: 47. June 29, 1918.
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