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Lillo of the Sulu Seas

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Lillo of the Sulu Seas
Still with May Allison and Harold Lockwood
Directed byThomas Ricketts
Written byThomas Ricketts
StarringHarold Lockwood
May Allison
Distributed byMutual Film
Release date
  • February 1, 1916 (1916-02-01)
Running time
3 reels
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

Lillo of the Sulu Seas is a 1916 American silent short romance film written and directed by Thomas Ricketts. The film stars Harold Lockwood and May Allison.

Plot

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As reported in a film review in a newspaper, Lillo is a pearl diver who wins a man from New York for a husband. She is restored to her father as result of a shipwreck which lands her upon a desert island.[1]

Cast

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Censorship

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Like many American films of the time, Lillo of the Sulu Seas was subject to cuts by city and state film censorship boards. For example, the Ohio Board of Censors required a cut of the scene where man puts drug into glass and pours wine on it, a cut to three feet all scenes showing men almost nude, cut of a fight scene to three feet, and all fight scenes in the third reel.[2] The censor board of Paterson, New Jersey, banned the display of the posters for the film.[3]

References

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  1. ^ O'Brien, Mique (26 February 1916). "At the Movies". Daily Tribune. Terre Haute, Indiana. p. 7. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
  2. ^ Platz, Paul Alwyn (4 March 1916). "New Laws And Court Decisions: Ohio Censor Scissors Snip Without Rhyme or Reason". Motion Picture News. 13 (9). New York City: Exhibitor's Times, Inc.: 1304. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
  3. ^ "Philadelphia Matters: At It Again". Moving Picture World. 28 (3). New York City: Chalmers Publishing Company: 475. 15 April 1916. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
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