Tad's Swimming Hole
# Tad's Swimming Hole

Tad's Swimming Hole is a 1918 American silent short comedy film directed by King Vidor. It was the fourth of a series of twenty films funded by Judge Willis Brown as both moral lessons and promotional films.

## Cast

* Ernest Butterworth
* Ruth Hampton
* Guy Hayman
* Ernest Butterworth Jr.
* Thomas Bellamy

## Reception

Like many American films of the time, Tad's Swimming Hole was subject to cuts by city and state film censorship boards. For example, the Chicago Board of Censors cut all closeups of naked boys facing the camera.

