The Cure (1917)
Genre: Comedy
Duration: 24 minuten
Alternative title: The Water Cure
Country:
United States
Directed by: Charles Chaplin
Stars: Charles Chaplin, Edna Purviance and Eric Campbell
IMDb score:
7,1 (4.128)
Releasedate: 16 April 1917
This movie is not available on US streaming services.
The Cure plot
An alcoholic goes to a spa to get rid of his drinking addiction. His luggage consists mainly of bottles of liquor. When the spa owner discovers the drink, he orders it to be thrown away. This action gets a surprising tail.
Actors and actresses
The Inebriate
The Girl
The Man with the Gout
Masseur
Sanitarium Attendant
Sanitarium Attendant
Sanitarium Attendant
Head of Sanitarium
Nurse (uncredited)
Patient (uncredited)
Reviews & comments
Don Homer
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- 510 messages
- 1297 votes
Very entertaining stone-old short from The Maestro. Chaplin arrives with a large trunk full of alcoholat a clinic/spa to kick his alcohol addiction. His alcoholic walk is even more fun than his always characteristic walk. In addition, there are a lot of successful jokes. I think that jokes are milked out in the short itself is part of the times. In any case, it is no less fun.
Translated from Dutch · View original
Lovelyboy
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- 4059 messages
- 3041 votes
Continuing with The Cure, which is regarded as good by many, but could not appeal to me as much.
The speed and dynamics from The Adventurer are traded in for some more bland nonsense with some familiar faces from the previous films. Nice is the idea with the drink supply and where it ends up, but the nicest are the firm massage and the revolving door in the beginning. This entertained me a little less than The Adventurer, but nevertheless a sufficient one.
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