''Look Pleasant, Please'' is a 1918 American short

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featuring

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. A print of the film is held by the

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Plot

Bebe is one of a group of females who go to a photographer's studio to have their pictures taken. The amorous photographer has "frolicky fingers". When he gets too friendly with Bebe, she telephones her husband who vows to come to the studio to murder the photographer. Shortly afterward, Harold, a dishonest greengrocer, is pursued by a group of policemen. During his flight from them, he happens to enter the photographer's studio. Initially the photographer mistakes Harold for Bebe's irate husband. When he realizes that Harold is harmless, the photographer tells Harold he can have the run of the studio—in the hopes that Bebe's husband will think that Harold is the photographer. Harold attempts to photograph an old woman, a group of three drunkards and a pretty chorus girl before the jealous husband arrives. A large scuffle ensues. Eventually the husband is arrested and Harold and Bebe are photographed together.

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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 s ...

* William Blaisdell *

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* Lige Conley (credited as Lige Cromley) * Billy Fay * William Gillespie *

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Reception

Like many American films of the time, ''Look Pleasant, Please'' was subject to cuts by city and state film censorship boards. For example, the

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cut the man lying on the floor looking at the young woman's legs and sticking a man with a hairpin and the vulgar actions following.

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*{{IMDb title, id=0009316, title=Look Pleasant, Please 1918 films 1918 comedy films 1918 short films Silent American comedy short films American black-and-white films Short films directed by Alfred J. Goulding Films with screenplays by H. M. Walker 1910s American films 1910s English-language films English-language comedy short films

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