Bears and Bad Men

Bears and Bad Men is a 1918 American silent comedy film directed by Larry Semon and featuring Stan Laurel.

Cast

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

Like many American films of the time, Bears and Bad Men was subject to cuts by Film censorship in [the United States|city and state film censorship boards]. For example, the Chicago Board of Censors required a cut, in Reel 1, of a scene with a man looking at a goat and putting it off of his lap after water is seen pouring from a bucket.