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The Cure ()

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An alcoholic checks into a health spa and his antics promptly throw the establishment into chaos.
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The Inebriate (as Charlie Chaplin)
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The Girl
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The Man with the Gout
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Masseur
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Sanitarium Attendant
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Sanitarium Attendant
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Sanitarium Attendant
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Head of Sanitarium
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Nurse (uncredited)
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Patient (uncredited)
Janet Sully ...
Woman (uncredited)
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Patient (uncredited)
Tom Wood ...
Patient (uncredited)

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Charles Chaplin ... (uncredited)

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Vincent Bryan ... () (uncredited)
 
Charles Chaplin ... (screenplay) (uncredited)
 
Charles Chaplin ... (story) (uncredited)
 
Charles Chaplin ... () (uncredited)
 
Maverick Terrell ... () (uncredited)

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Henry P. Caulfield ... producer (uncredited)
Charles Chaplin ... producer (uncredited)

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William C. Foster ... (uncredited)
Roland Totheroh ... (uncredited)

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Charles Chaplin ... (uncredited)

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Dan Allen ... assistant property master (uncredited)
George Cleethorpe ... property master (uncredited)

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George C. 'Duke' Zalibra ... assistant camera (uncredited)

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Michael Mortilla ... music composer (1984) (as Michael D. Mortilla) / music copyright (1989) (as Michael D. Mortilla) / music performer (1984) (as Michael D. Mortilla)

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Toraichi Kono ... driver: Mr. Chaplin (uncredited)

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Ed Brewer ... technical director (uncredited)
Tom Harrington ... assistant: Mr. Chaplin (uncredited)
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Plot Summary

Charlie goes to a spa to dry out, but he takes a trunk of liquor with him. He tangles with another's gouty foot in a revolving door. Later he thinks the gouty man is making love signs to him (he doesn't Edna, the real object of the man's efforts), so he signs back. He interpets a massage to be a wrestling match. When management throws his liquor into the fountain, when flow the healthful waters, everyone gets drunk. Written by Ed Stephan

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Taglines CHARLIE Will be seen in the Twentieth Century scream, "The Cure." his latest production from the laugh factory; fresh, snappy, ludicrous-a whirlwind of mirth and merriment with the esteemed Charles in a gloom-destroying role. (Print Ad-Hearst's Sunday American, ((Atlanta, Ga.)) 15 April 1917) See more »
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Also Known As
  • The Water Cure (United States)
  • Charlot fait une cure (France)
  • Die Kur (Germany)
  • La curación (Spain)
  • Charlot en el balneario (Spain)
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  • 24 min
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Trivia Outtakes show that the original premise was to have Charles Chaplin play one of the employees at the clinic, but switched the roles with John Rand (who was to play the inebriate) after an uninspired performance. Chaplin himself specialized in drunken characters in the English music hall where he grew up. See more »
Goofs When the Man With the Gout (Eric Campbell) falls into the spa well and struggles underwater, it is a stunt man that is struggling. Eric Campbell is one of the people who pull the stunt man out. See more »
Movie Connections Edited into The Charlie Chaplin Festival (1941). See more »
Quotes Title Card: [opening title card] The health spring.
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