''Hello Trouble'' 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 o ...
featuring
Oliver Hardy
Oliver Norvell Hardy (born Norvell Hardy; January 18, 1892 – August 7, 1957) was an American comic actor and one half of Laurel and Hardy, the double act that began in the era of silent films and lasted from 1926 to 1957. He appeared with his c ...
. Like many American films of the time, ''Hello Trouble'' was subject to cuts by
city and state film censorship boards. For example, the
Chicago Board of Censors
The Chicago Board of Censors was a film censorship committee based in Chicago that was founded in 1907 as the Police Censor Board, and operated until 1984.
It was the first film censorship board in the United States.
The board had great influence ...
required a cut, in Reel 2, of eight scenes with a couple in a sliding bed.
Cast
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Oliver Hardy
Oliver Norvell Hardy (born Norvell Hardy; January 18, 1892 – August 7, 1957) was an American comic actor and one half of Laurel and Hardy, the double act that began in the era of silent films and lasted from 1926 to 1957. He appeared with his c ...
as A devoted husband (credited as Babe Hardy)
* Peggy Prevost as His devoted wife
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Billy Armstrong
William Armstrong (born 21 June 1943) is an Ulster Unionist politician in Northern Ireland. Background
He served as Assembly Member for Mid Ulster from 1998 until 2011, when he was succeeded by his daughter, Sandra Overend. He was a member of ...
as A romantic husband
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Bartine Burkett as His devoted wife
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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
Events
January
* January 2
** The Association football club Cruzeiro Esporte Clube, from Belo Horizonte, is founde ...
as A dishonest undertaker
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Fay Holderness
Fay Holderness (née MacMurray; April 16, 1881 – May 13, 1963) was an American vaudeville performer and film actress.
Family
Fay Holderness was born Fay MacMurray in Oconto, Wisconsin, the daughter of Thomas James MacMurray and Mary E. Mac ...
as A foxy spinster
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Charley Chase
Charles Joseph Parrott (October 20, 1893 – June 20, 1940), known professionally as Charley Chase, was an American comedian, actor, screenwriter and film director. He worked for many pioneering comedy studios but is chiefly associated with pro ...
See also
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List of American films of 1918
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People
* List (surname)
Organizations
* List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America
* SC Germania List, German rugby unio ...
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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.
Unconfirmed film appearances
* ''The Artist's Model'' (1916)
* ''Terrible Kate'' (1917)
* ''His Mov ...
References
External links
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1918 films
1918 short films
American silent short films
American black-and-white films
1918 comedy films
Silent American comedy films
American comedy short films
Censored films
1910s American films
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