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The Slave (1917 comedy film)
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Wikipedia article
'The Slave' is a 1917 American silent comedy film starring Billy West and featuring Oliver Hardy. It was unusual for a silent film in that, because it told its story so plainly, subtitles or intertitles were not considered necessary. It is not known whether the film currently survives.[http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/S/Slave1917-2.html Progressive Silent Film List: 'The Slave'] at silentera.com
Plot summary
Cast
* Billy West as Billy, the slave
* Oliver Hardy as The Sultan of Bacteria
* Leo White as The Vizier
* Bud Ross as Haratius Crabbe, the collector (credited as Budd Ross)
* Leatrice Joy as Susie, his daughter
* Gladys Varden as The Sultan's favorite
* Ethel Cassity
* Ellen Burford
* Martha Dean
* Ethelyn Gibson
* Joe Bordeaux
Reception
Like many American films of the time, 'The Slave' was subject to cuts by city and state film censorship boards. For example, the Chicago Board of Censors required, in Reel 1, cuts of the entire incident of man throwing a lobster on a woman's back and all scenes of it on her back, the sultan poking man in back with dagger, and in Reel 2 the last two scenes of pulling the man through window where his trousers come off.
See also
* List of American films of 1917
* Oliver Hardy filmography
References
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