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Bears and Bad Men

Bears and Bad Men

1918Short⏱️ 19m
ComedyShort
5.6
IMDB Rating
83 votes

In a mountain town, Larry Semon stirs trouble as a deputy caught in a clash between outlaws and locals. With slapstick chases and collapsing sets, Stan Laurel adds his own clumsy flair. Just when things couldn't get wilder, a runa...

Director
Larry Semon
Writers
N/A
Stars
Stan Laurel, Larry Semon, Madge Kirby
Release Date
October 7, 1918
Language
None, English
Country
United States
💬 1
Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

Stan Laurel
Stan Laurel
as Pete
Larry Semon
Larry Semon
as Larry Cutshaw
Madge Kirby
Madge Kirby
as The Slawson Daughter
William McCall
William McCall
as Stranded actor
Blanche Payson
Blanche Payson
as Maw Cutshaw
👤
Frank Alexander
as Paw Slawson
👤
William Hauber
Pete Gordon
Pete Gordon
as Paw Cutshaw
👤
Mae Laurel
as Scared Woman
👤
Bessie the Bear

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.33 : 1
Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Filming Location
Vitagraph Studios - 4151 Prospect Avenue, Los Angeles, California, USA
Production
Vitagraph Company of America

🏷️ Keywords

1910sbear

🎯 Categories

ComedyShort

⭐ Featured Review

Now With Less Semon!
by boblipton2006-04-28
5/10

"Over all, this is a pretty good movie for Semon. Which, for me, is damning with faint praise. The story is that Stan Laurel was so good in the first half of their first movie together -- usually said to be FRAUDS AND FRENZIES -- that Larry Semon the star/director/producer of the Vitagraph comedy division had him fired off the set so that people would not notice how good Stan was and how bad Semon was. In actuality, Stan was in three Semon comedies, in each of which he got substantial roles. He bounced around a lot in those years, working at half a dozen studios in front of the camera, before ..."

📖 Synopsis

In a mountain town, Larry Semon stirs trouble as a deputy caught in a clash between outlaws and locals. With slapstick chases and collapsing sets, Stan Laurel adds his own clumsy flair. Just when things couldn't get wilder, a runa...