Charlot fait une cure

Original title: The Cure

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An alcoholic checks into a health spa and his antics promptly throw the establishment into chaos.An alcoholic checks into a health spa and his antics promptly throw the establishment into chaos.An alcoholic checks into a health spa and his antics promptly throw the establishment into chaos.

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7.1/10

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Charles Chaplin

The Inebriate
(as Charlie Chaplin)

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

Leota Bryan

Nurse
(uncredited)

William Gillespie

Patient
(uncredited)

Janet Sully

Woman
(uncredited)

Loyal Underwood

Patient
(uncredited)

Tom Wood

Patient
(uncredited)

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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.

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.

Quotes
Title Card: [opening title card] The health spring.

Alternate versions
Kino International distributes a set of videos containing all the 12 Mutual short films made by Chaplin in 1916 - 1917. They are presented by David H. Shepard, who copyrighted the versions in 1984, and have a music soundtrack composed and performed by Michael D. Mortilla who copyrighted his score in 1989. The running time of this film is 24 minutes.

Connections
Edited into Charlot Festival (1941)

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Charlie at his short best

Much of the delights in this short film involve a tipsy Charlie (whose luggage consists entirely of bottles, to the good fortune of the weirdly bearded porter) and a grouchy, gouty, Eric Campbell - a perfect foil for Chaplin, he'd be much missed after his death in a road accident later in 1917.

Edna Purviance, Charlie's usual sweetie in these short films, is a welcome presence, but it is Chaplin himself who shines throughout 'The Cure', whether struggling from the over zealous attention of a Turkish bath attendant, walking his funny walk up steps, or getting stuck along with Campbell in a set of revolving doors.

It doesn't get much better than this.