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Swing Your Partners
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Wikipedia article
'Swing Your Partners' is a 1918 American short comedy film featuring Harold Lloyd. Copies of the film survive in two collections.[http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/S/SwingYourPartners1918.html Progressive Silent Film List: 'Swing Your Partners'] at silentera.com
Plot
Harold and Snub are two vagrants who are mistaken for visiting dance experts by the proprietor of Professor Tanglefoot's Dance Academy because of their startling resemblance to them. Harold teaches a class of female pupils a few interesting and lively dance steps before the real pair of experts arrive.
Cast
* Harold Lloyd
* Snub Pollard
* Bebe Daniels
* William Blaisdell
* Sammy Brooks
* Lige Conley (credited as Lige Cromley)
* William Gillespie
* Bud Jamison
Reception
Like many American films of the time, 'Swing Your Partners' was subject to cuts by city and state film censorship boards. For example, the Chicago Board of Censors required a cut of two near views of Lloyd on a piano stool facing the camera.
See also
* Harold Lloyd filmography
References
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