Huns and Hyphens
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Directed by | Larry Semon |
Written by | Larry Semon |
Produced by | Albert E. Smith |
Starring | Larry Semon Stan Laurel |
Distributed by | Vitagraph Company of America |
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Running time | 2 reels |
Country | United States |
Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
Huns and Hyphens is a 1918 American silent comedy film featuring Larry Semon and Stan Laurel.
Cast[]
- Larry Semon as Larry
- Madge Kirby as Vera Bright
- Stan Laurel as Gang member
- Mae Laurel as Woman
- William McCall as Customer (credited as Billy McCall)
- Frank Alexander as Cafe owner (credited as Fatty Alexander)
- William Hauber as Waiter (credited as Bill Hauber)
- Pete Gordon as Waiter
- Eddie Baker as German Agent (uncredited)
- John Rand as Unhappy Customer (uncredited)
Reception[]
Like many American films of the time, Huns and Hyphens was subject to cuts by city and state film censorship boards. For example, the Chicago Board of Censors required a cut, in Reel 1, of the episode of squirting seltzer water at a man's trousers and the actions following.[1]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Official Cut-Outs by the Chicago Board of Censors". Exhibitors Herald. New York City: Exhibitors Herald Company. 7 (19): 44. November 2, 1918.
External links[]
- Huns and Hyphens at IMDb
- Huns and Hyphens - Larry Semon & Stan Laurel (1918) on YouTube (Inter-Pathé channel)
Categories:
- 1918 films
- 1918 short films
- American silent short films
- American films
- American black-and-white films
- 1918 comedy films
- Films directed by Larry Semon
- American comedy films
- Comedy short films
- 1910s short comedy film stubs