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1918 film

Tad's Swimming Hole
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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.

Plot

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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.

References

"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

v t e Films directed by King Vidor
Hurricane in Galveston (1913) The Grand Military Parade (1913) The Lost Lie (1918) Bud's Recruit (1918) The Chocolate of the Gang (1918) Tad's Swimming Hole (1918) The Accusing Toe (1918) I'm a Man (1918) The Turn in the Road (1919) Better Times (1919) The Other Half (1919) Poor Relations (1919) The Family Honor (1920) The Jack-Knife Man (1920) The Sky Pilot (1921) Love Never Dies (1921) The Real Adventure (1922) Dusk to Dawn (1922) Conquering the Woman (1922) Peg o' My Heart (1922) The Woman of Bronze (1923) Three Wise Fools (1923) Wild Oranges (1924) Happiness (1924) Wine of Youth (1924) His Hour (1924) The Wife of the Centaur (1924) Proud Flesh (1925) The Big Parade (1925) La Bohème (1926) Bardelys the Magnificent (1926) The Crowd (1928) The Patsy (1928) Show People (1928) Hallelujah (1929) Not So Dumb (1930) Billy the Kid (1930) Street Scene (1931) The Champ (1931) Bird of Paradise (1932) Cynara (1932) The Stranger's Return (1933) Our Daily Bread (1934) The Wedding Night (1935) So Red the Rose (1935) The Texas Rangers (1936) Stella Dallas (1937) The Citadel (1938) The Wizard of Oz (1939) (Kansas scenes) Northwest Passage (1940) Comrade X (1940) H. M. Pulham, Esq. (1941) An American Romance (1944) Duel in the Sun (1946) On Our Merry Way (1948) The Fountainhead (1949) Beyond the Forest (1949) Lightning Strikes Twice (1951) Japanese War Bride (1952) Ruby Gentry (1952) Light's Diamond Jubilee (1954) (TV special, with 6 other directors) Man Without a Star (1955) War and Peace (1956) Solomon and Sheba (1959) Truth and Illusion (1964) The Metaphor (1980)

Films directed by King Vidor

Hurricane in Galveston (1913)
The Grand Military Parade (1913)
The Lost Lie (1918)
Bud's Recruit (1918)
The Chocolate of the Gang (1918)
Tad's Swimming Hole (1918)
The Accusing Toe (1918)
I'm a Man (1918)
The Turn in the Road (1919)
Better Times (1919)
The Other Half (1919)
Poor Relations (1919)
The Family Honor (1920)
The Jack-Knife Man (1920)
The Sky Pilot (1921)
Love Never Dies (1921)
The Real Adventure (1922)
Dusk to Dawn (1922)
Conquering the Woman (1922)
Peg o' My Heart (1922)
The Woman of Bronze (1923)
Three Wise Fools (1923)
Wild Oranges (1924)
Happiness (1924)
Wine of Youth (1924)
His Hour (1924)
The Wife of the Centaur (1924)
Proud Flesh (1925)
The Big Parade (1925)
La Bohème (1926)
Bardelys the Magnificent (1926)
The Crowd (1928)
The Patsy (1928)
Show People (1928)
Hallelujah (1929)
Not So Dumb (1930)
Billy the Kid (1930)
Street Scene (1931)
The Champ (1931)
Bird of Paradise (1932)
Cynara (1932)
The Stranger's Return (1933)
Our Daily Bread (1934)
The Wedding Night (1935)
So Red the Rose (1935)
The Texas Rangers (1936)
Stella Dallas (1937)
The Citadel (1938)
The Wizard of Oz (1939) (Kansas scenes)
Northwest Passage (1940)
Comrade X (1940)
H. M. Pulham, Esq. (1941)
An American Romance (1944)
Duel in the Sun (1946)
On Our Merry Way (1948)
The Fountainhead (1949)
Beyond the Forest (1949)
Lightning Strikes Twice (1951)
Japanese War Bride (1952)
Ruby Gentry (1952)
Light's Diamond Jubilee (1954) (TV special, with 6 other directors)
Man Without a Star (1955)
War and Peace (1956)
Solomon and Sheba (1959)
Truth and Illusion (1964)
The Metaphor (1980)

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