Here Come the Girls (1918 film)

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Here Come the Girls
Here Come the Girls poster.jpg
Film poster
Directed by Fred Fishback
Written by H.M. Walker
Produced by Hal Roach
Starring Harold Lloyd
CinematographyWalter Lundin
Production
company
Rolin Films
Distributed by Pathé Exchange
Release date
  • March 17, 1918 (1918-03-17)
Running time
1 reel
CountryUnited States
Language Silent (English intertitles)

Here Come the Girls is a 1918 American short comedy film featuring Harold Lloyd about activities in a corset shop. Prints of the film survive in the film archive of the Museum of Modern Art. [1]

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Reception

Like many American films of the time, Here Come the Girls was subject to cuts by city and state film censorship boards. For example, the Chicago Board of Censors cut all but one scene of the young women behind the curtain showing bare shoulders and legs and four scenes of the women's skirts being pulled up by ribbon exposing legs. [2]

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References

  1. "Progressive Silent Film List: Here Come the Girls". silentera.com. Archived from the original on December 4, 2014. Retrieved June 23, 2008.
  2. "Official Cut-Outs by the Chicago Board of Censors". Exhibitors Herald. New York City: Exhibitors Herald Company. 6 (16): 31. April 13, 1918.