A growing source of silent era film information. This listing is from The Progressive Silent Film List by Carl Bennett. Copyright © 1999-2025 by Carl Bennett and the Silent Era Company. All Rights Reserved.

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Nuts in May
(1917) United States of America
B&W : Short film
Directed by Robin Williamson

Cast: Stan Jefferson (Stan Laurel), Mae Dahlberg (Mae Laurel), Lucille Arnold, Owen Evans, Charles Arling

Bernstein Productions, Incorporated, production; distributed on State Rights basis by States Rights Independent Exchanges [Stanley Comedies]. / Produced by Isadore Bernstein. Cinematography by Harry M. Fowler. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Laurel’s film debut.

Comedy.

Survival status: The film is presumed lost: A fragment of the film survives.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 6 October 2014.

References: Kerr-Silent p. 319; Skretvedt-Magic p. 17 : Website-IMDb : with additional information provided by Jeroen Polak.

Home video: DVD.