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The Cure (1917)

Name: The Cure
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1917
Duration: 23 min
Cast: Charlie Chaplin, Henry Bergman, Albert Austin, Eric Campbell, James T. Kelley

191724 minComedy✓ Verified rightsSilent · CC0 piano score

The Cure (1917) is a 24-minute comedy short film that airs free on Starlite TV's Silent Pictures (CH 12) channel. It is a silent film, presented with a public-domain (CC0) piano score. It is in the U.S. public domain. Directed by Charlie Chaplin.

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About The Cure (1917)

The Cure is a 1917 American silent short comedy film written and directed by Charlie Chaplin. The plot revolves around alcohol, being made just prior to prohibition but during a period when politicians were debating the evils of alcohol.

A drunkard is attending a hydropathic hotel, presumably to dry out, but brings along a big suitcase full of alcohol. He gets trapped in a spinning revolving door then traps the foot of a large man with a bandaged foot, suffering from gout. He encounters a beautiful young woman and sits between her and a man who keeps offering him the spa water (which he keeps pouring away). The girl encourages him to stop drinking. He meets the big man again who tries to get the hotel manager to throw him out.

Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article The Cure (1917 film) (text available under CC BY-SA 4.0).

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Credits

Directed by: Charlie Chaplin
Cast includes: Charlie Chaplin, Henry Bergman, Albert Austin, Eric Campbell, James T. Kelley, Tom Wood, John Rand
Country: United States

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Airs on

Silent Pictures - CH 12, Silent Film TV

Rights & source

Basis: Published before 1931 - U.S. copyright term expired
Evidence: First published 1917 (before 1931): US copyright term has expired.
Music: Silent copy with no audio track; CC0 piano bed is played.
Underlying rights: Chaplin Mutual.
Source: Internet Archive

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