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The Cure
Also known as Charlot fait une cure in France
(1917) American
B&W : Two reels
Directed by Charles Chaplin

Cast: Charles Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Eric Campbell, Henry Bergman, Albert Austin, John Rand, James T. Kelley, Frank J. Coleman, Leota Bryan, Tom Wood, Janet Miller Sully, Loyal Underwood

Lone Star Corporation production; distributed by Mutual Film Corporation. / Scenario by Charles Chaplin. Cinematography by Roland H. Totheroh and W.C. Foster. / Released 16 April 1917. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.37:1 format. / The production was shot in the Lone Star Studio in Hollywood, California.

Comedy.

Survival Status: Print exists [35mm positive].

Keywords: Alcohol - Drunkeness - Drunks - Health spas - Water

Listing updated: 24 July 2008.

References: Film viewing : Bardèche-History p. 120; Bohn-Light pp. 69, 70, 71; Fell-History pp. 97, 98; Jacobs-Chaplin pp. 18g, 136; Kerr-Silent pp. 89, 95, 102; McGhee-Wayne p. 108.

Home video: DVD.

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