''All Aboard'' is a 1917 American
short comedy film
A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending (black comedy being an exception). Comedy is one of the ol ...
starring
Harold Lloyd
Harold Clayton Lloyd, Sr. (April 20, 1893 – March 8, 1971) was an American actor, comedian, and stunt performer who appeared in many silent comedy films.Obituary '' Variety'', March 10, 1971, page 55.
One of the most influential film c ...
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Plot
A father takes his daughter on a trip to Bermuda in an attempt to separate her from a suitor. Little does anyone know that the suitor has stowed away on board. When he is discovered, he is credited with catching a crook. The hapless hero receives a reward, and also the girl.
Cast
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Harold Lloyd
Harold Clayton Lloyd, Sr. (April 20, 1893 – March 8, 1971) was an American actor, comedian, and stunt performer who appeared in many silent comedy films.Obituary '' Variety'', March 10, 1971, page 55.
One of the most influential film c ...
as The Boy
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Snub Pollard
Harold Fraser (9 November 1889 – 19 January 1962), known professionally as Snub Pollard, was an Australian-born vaudevillian, who became a silent film comedian in Hollywood, popular in the 1920s.
Career
Born in Melbourne, Australia, on 9 No ...
as Passenger with Trunk
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Bebe Daniels
Phyllis Virginia "Bebe" Daniels (January 14, 1901 – March 16, 1971) was an American actress, singer, dancer, writer, and producer.
She began her career in Hollywood during the silent film era as a child actress, became a star in musicals such ...
as The Girl
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Gus Leonard
Gus "Pop" Leonard (February 4, 1859 – March 27, 1939) was an American film actor.
Biography
The French-born actor began his long career on the stage in San Francisco, California, while he was still a child in the 1860s. In later years, h ...
as The Girl's Father
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Charles Stevenson (as C.E. Stevens) - The Baggage Agent
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Sammy Brooks as Midget Crew Member
* W.L. Adams
* Virginia Baynes
* William Blaisdell
* Clara Dray
* Loretta Dray
* Billy Fay (credited as William Fay)
* Mabel Gibson
* Oscar Larson
* Chris Lynton
* M.J. McCarthy
* Susan Miller
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Belle Mitchell
Belle Mitchell (September 24, 1889 – February 12, 1979) was an American stage and film actress. She appeared in more than 100 films between 1915 and 1978. She was born in Croswell, Michigan and died in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles.
Partia ...
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Marie Mosquini
Marie Mosquini (born Marie de Esy; December 3, 1899 – February 21, 1983) was an American film actress.
Biography
Born in 1899, Mosquini appeared in more than 200 silent films between 1917 and 1929. After leaving high school she became the res ...
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Fred C. Newmeyer (credited as Fred Newmeyer)
* Hazel Powell
* Nina Speight
* William Strohbach (credited as William Strawback)
* Lillian Sylvester
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Dorothea Wolbert
Dorothea Wolbert (April 12, 1874 – September 15, 1958) was an American film actress. She appeared in more than 140 films between 1916 and 1957. She appeared on the television series '' I Love Lucy'' (with her character named Dorothea Wolb ...
(credited as Dorothy Wolbert)
Reception
Like many American films of the time, ''All Aboard'' was subject to cuts by
city and state film censorship boards. For example, the Chicago Board of Censors required the cut of the scene with the woman rolling on the man and of the woman in hallway with her nightgown raised, exposing her legs.
See also
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Harold Lloyd filmography
These are the known films of Harold Lloyd (1893–1971), an American actor and filmmaker most famous for his hugely successful and influential silent film comedies.
Most of these films are known to survive in Lloyd's personal archive collection ...
References
External links
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''All Aboard''on
YouTube
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1917 films
1917 short films
1917 comedy films
Silent American comedy films
American silent short films
American black-and-white films
Films directed by Alfred J. Goulding
Articles containing video clips
American comedy short films
Surviving American silent films
1910s American films
1910s English-language films
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