Tad's Swimming Hole

Tad's Swimming Hole
Contemporary advertisement for the films Flare-Up Sal and Tad's Swimming Hole
Directed by	King Vidor
Written by	Judge Willis Brown
Produced by	Judge Willis Brown
Starring	Ernest Butterworth
Production company	Boy City Film
Distributed by	General Film Company
Release date	February 20, 1918 (1918-02-20)
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Tad's Swimming Hole is a 1918 American silent short comedy film directed by King Vidor. It was the fourth of a series of twenty films funded by Judge Willis Brown as both moral lessons and promotional films.

Cast

• Ernest Butterworth
• Ruth Hampton
• Guy Hayman
• Ernest Butterworth Jr.
• Thomas Bellamy

Reception

Like many American films of the time, Tad's Swimming Hole was subject to cuts by city and state film censorship boards. For example, the Chicago Board of Censors cut all closeups of naked boys facing the camera. ^[1]

References

1. "Official Cut-Outs by the Chicago Board of Censors". Exhibitors Herald. 6 (12). New York City: Exhibitors Herald Company: 29. March 16, 1918.

External links

• Tad's Swimming Hole at IMDb