''Painless Love'' is a 1918 American silent

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featuring Oliver Hardy.

Cast

* Oliver Hardy as Dr. Hurts (credited as Babe Hardy) * Billy Armstrong as His assistant *

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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

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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

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costume.

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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 {{1910s-short-comedy-film-stub

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