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The Hobo
(1917) United States of America
B&W : Two reels
Directed by Arvid E. Gillstrom

Cast: Billy West [the hobo], Virginia Clark [Dolly], Babe Hardy (Oliver Hardy) [Harold, Dolly’s beau], Budd Ross (Bud Ross) [Dolly’s father, the station master], Leo White [Mr. Fox, the tophatted crook; and the man going to Springfield], Harry Naughton [the brakeman], [?] ? [the diner counterman], [?] ? [Fox’s accomplice], [?] ? [the police captain], [?] ? [the restaurant waiter]

King Bee Studios production; distributed by [?] Prime Pictures Corporation [A King-Bee Comedy]? / Produced by Louis Burstein. Production supervision by Louis Burstein. Photographed (cinematography) by Herman Obrock. Presented by [?] James L. Mendelson? / Released 1 November 1917. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Working title: The Station Master.

Comedy.

Survival status: Prints exist in the private film collection of Dave Stevenson [16mm reduction positive]; and in other private film collections [16mm reduction prints].

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: African-Americans - Blackface - Law: Enforcement: Police: Policemen - Restaurants - Tramps - Transportation: Automobiles, Trains

Listing updated: 29 May 2025.

References: Film viewing : Website-IMDb.

Home video: DVD.

 
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