Charlie Chaplin The Cure
PLOT: The Cure evolves around alcohol, being made just prior to prohibition but during a period where the politicians were debating the evils of alcohol. _WikipediaSTORYLINE: Chaplin plays a drunkard who 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. _Wikipedia PRESERVATION STATUS: On September 4, 2013 a missing part of the end of the film was found and will be released on a future DVD. A restored version of The Cure was presented at the San Francisco Silent Film Festival on January 11, 2014._Wikipedia ** The non-profit streaming of the commercial free, quality films I have very much enjoyed and therefore uploaded to archive.org, are for educational purposes. I have uploaded each movie for posterity, with the hope that all present and future generations will learn from and enjoy them, as much as I have. I own zero rights to this film, nor to any other I have uploaded, and I receive nothing for the uploads nor for the information I put with those uploads. Although I do receive great joy from sharing these uploads with you, I have no wish to infringe on any existing copyright laws. DEF gp ddh ** (Great Silent Pix, iconauta)
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- Producer: Henry P. Caulfield / Director: Charles Chaplin (director), Edward Brewer (technical director) / Writer: Charles Chaplin (scenario), Vincent Bryan (scenario), Maverick Terrell (scenario) / Starring: Charles Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Eric Campbell
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