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Hickory Hiram

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Hickory Hiram
Directed byEdwin Frazee
Written byEdwin Frazee
Produced byCarl Laemmle
StarringStan Laurel
Production
company
Nestor Film Company
Distributed byUniversal Film Manufacturing Company
Release date
  • April 8, 1918 (1918-04-08)
Running time
1 reel
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

Hickory Hiram is a 1918 American silent comedy film featuring Stan Laurel. It is not known whether the film currently survives.[1]

Cast

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Reception

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Like many American films of the time, Hickory Hiram was subject to cuts by city and state film censorship boards. For example, the Chicago Board of Censors cut all scenes of man in underwear after the screen title and the fat man bumping other man with stomach.[2]

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References

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  1. ^ Progressive Silent Film List: Hickory Hiram at silentera.com
  2. ^ "Official Cut-Outs by the Chicago Board of Censors". Exhibitors Herald. 6 (19). New York City: Exhibitors Herald Company: 31. May 4, 1918.
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