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

Cast



* Billy West as A Bellboy

* Oliver Hardy as The Boss (credited as Babe Hardy)

* Rosemary Theby as His daughter

* Leo White as An honest crook

* Bud Ross as Old man

* Fay Holderness as A Maid

* Ethelyn Gibson (credited as Ethlyn Gibson)

Reception



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.

See also



* List of American films of 1918

* Oliver Hardy filmography

References




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