The Cure (1917 film)

This article is about the Charlie Chaplin film. For the 1995 film, see The Cure (1995 film).

The Cure
Directed by	Charles Chaplin Edward Brewer (technical director)
Produced by	Henry P. Caulfield
Written by	Charles Chaplin (scenario) Vincent Bryan (scenario) Maverick Terrell (scenario)
Starring	Charles Chaplin Edna Purviance Eric Campbell
Cinematography	Roland H. Totheroh George C. Zalibra
Editing by	Charles Chaplin
Distributed by	Mutual Film Corporation
Release date(s)	April 16, 1917
Running time	31 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent film English intertitles

The Cure is a 1917 short comedy film written and directed by Charlie Chaplin.

Synopsis

Chaplin plays an inebriate who checks into a health spa to dry out, but brings along a suitcase full of alcohol. Along the way he aggravates a large man, escapes a bulky masseur and encounters a beautiful young woman who encourages him to stop drinking. However, when the hotel owner learns his employees are getting drunk off Charlie's liquor, he orders it thrown out the window. The drunk employee hurls it straight into the spa's health waters, sending the spa's inhabitants into a dancing stupor. Charlie, encouraged by his new love to get sober, drinks from the spa, gets drunk and offends her. The next morning there are plenty of hangovers, but Charlie gives up drinking and his leading lady forgives him, just before he accidentally marches into the liquor-laden well.

Cast

Charlie Chaplin - The Inebriate
Edna Purviance - The Girl
Eric Campbell - The Man with the Gout
Henry Bergman - Masseur
John Rand - Sanitarium Attendant
James T. Kelley - Sanitarium Attendant
Albert Austin - Sanitarium Attendant
Frank J. Coleman - Head of Sanitarium

External links

The Cure at the Internet Movie Database

v • d • e Films directed by Charlie Chaplin

Keystone Studios (1914)	Twenty Minutes of Love • Caught in the Rain • A Busy Day • Her Friend the Bandit • Mabel's Married Life • Laughing Gas • The Face on the Bar Room Floor • Recreation • The Masquerader • His New Profession • The Rounders • The Property Man • The New Janitor • Those Love Pangs • Dough and Dynamite • Gentlemen of Nerve • His Musical Career • His Trysting Place • Getting Acquainted • His Prehistoric Past

Essanay Studios (1915-1918)	His New Job • A Night Out • The Champion • In the Park • A Jitney Elopement • The Tramp • By the Sea • His Regeneration (uncredited) • Work • A Woman • The Bank • Shanghaied • A Night in the Show • Burlesque on Carmen • Police • Triple Trouble

Mutual Film Corp (1916-1917)	The Floorwalker • The Fireman • The Vagabond • One A.M. • The Count • The Pawnshop • Behind the Screen • The Rink • Easy Street • The Cure • The Immigrant • The Adventurer

First National (1918-1923)	A Dog's Life • The Bond • Shoulder Arms • Sunnyside • A Day's Pleasure • The Professor • The Kid • The Idle Class • Pay Day • The Pilgrim

United Artists (1923-1952)	A Woman of Paris • The Gold Rush • The Circus • City Lights • Modern Times • The Great Dictator • Monsieur Verdoux • Limelight

Later productions	A King in New York • The Chaplin Revue • A Countess from Hong Kong • The Freak

See also	Charlie Chaplin filmography • Roy Export Company Establishment

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