''Painless Love'' is a 1918 American
silent comedy film
A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending (black comedy being an exception). Comedy is one of the ol ...
featuring
Oliver Hardy.
Cast
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Oliver Hardy as Dr. Hurts (credited as Babe Hardy)
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Billy Armstrong as His assistant
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Charles Inslee
Charles E. Inslee (1870 – September 1922) was an American actor. He appeared in 127 films between 1908 and 1921.
Biography
Born in New York City, Inslee was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Inslee of Jamaica Plain
Jamaica Plain is ...
as The building owner
* Peggy Prevost as Swimming pool manager
Reception
Like many American films of the time, ''Painless Love'' was subject to restrictions and cuts by
city and state film censorship boards. For example, the Chicago Board of Censors required a cut, in Reel 1, of two scenes of a young woman in a one piece bathing suit playing
hide-and-seek
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with the man, near view of young women at pool, two near views of young woman in bathing suit with apron, Reel 2, first two and last two scenes of young women in one piece bathing suits, two closeups of young woman with low cut gown at table, scene of man throwing coin in trouser front and following vulgar actions, two near views of couple in suggestive dance, and three scenes of "Madam Bevo" in suggestive dance where he wriggles tail of
hula
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costume.
See also
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List of American films of 1918
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Organizations
* List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America
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Oliver Hardy filmography
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These are the films of Oliver Hardy as an actor. For the filmography of Laurel and Hardy as a team, see: Laurel and Hardy films
:''This list contains only the films that Laurel and Hardy made together. For their solo films see Stan Laur ...
References
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1918 films
American silent short films
American black-and-white films
1918 comedy films
1918 short films
Silent American comedy films
American comedy short films
1910s American films
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