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The Chocolate of the Gang

1918 film by King Vidor

The Chocolate of the Gang is a 1918 American short comedy film directed by King Vidor.

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Cast

  • Ruth Hampton as The Heiress
  • Thomas Bellamy[1] as Black Boy
  • Ernest Butterworth Jr. as White Boy
  • Judge Willis Brown as himself / Commentator

Reception

Like many American films of the time, The Chocolate of the Gang was subject to cuts by city and state film censorship boards. For example, the Chicago Board of Censors required a cut, in Reel 1, of a front view of the nude Black Boy and, in Reel 2, three views of Black Boy through the periscope with pigeons in crate.[2]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Thomas Bellamy". IMDB. Retrieved October 30, 2019.
  2. [2]
    "Official Cut-Outs by the Chicago Board of Censors". Exhibitors Herald. 6 (8). New York City: Exhibitors Herald Company: 29. February 16, 1918.


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