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The Messenger (1918 film)

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Genre
  
Comedy, Short

Country
  
United States

Director
  
Arvid E. Gillstrom

Cast
  
Oliver Hardy, Billy West

Language
  
Silent film English intertitles

Release date
  
April 1, 1918 (1918-04-01)

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Genres
  
Comedy, Short Film, Indie film, Silent film, Black-and-white

The Messenger is a 1918 silent comedy film featuring Oliver Hardy.

Contents

Cast

  • Billy West as Billy, the messenger boy
  • Oliver Hardy (credited as Babe Hardy)
  • Ethel Marie Burton
  • Leatrice Joy
  • Leo White
  • Joe Bordeaux

    • Reception

    Like many American films of the time, The Messenger was subject to cuts by city and state film censorship boards. For example, the Chicago Board of Censors cut, in Reel 1, four scenes of Billy looking at young woman with skirt raised exposing posterior and scene of Billy dropping trousers and standing in underwear.

    References

    The Messenger (1918 film) Wikipedia
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    The Messenger (1918 film) IMDb