The Fly Cop

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The Fly Cop
Directed by Arvid E. Gillstrom
Produced byLouis Burstein
Starring Billy West
Oliver Hardy
Release date
  • September 1, 1917 (1917-09-01)
CountryUnited States
Language Silent (English intertitles)

The Fly Cop is a 1917 American silent comedy film featuring Oliver Hardy. Like many American films of the time, The Fly Cop was subject to cuts by city and state film censorship boards. The Chicago Board of Censors required cuts in scenes of a man pulling an artificial leg from a girl and of a girl pulling her skirt above her knees while walking across a wet floor. [1]

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  1. "Official Cut-Outs by the Chicago Board of Censors". Exhibitors Herald. 5 (16): 33. October 13, 1917.