Hickory Hiram  Hickory Hiram is a 1918 American silent comedy film featuring Stan Laurel. It is not known whether the film currently survives. Like many American films of the time, "Hickory Hiram" was subject to cuts by city and state film censorship boards. For example, the Chicago Board of Censors cut all scenes of man in underwear after the screen title and the fat man bumping other man with stomach.