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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.
Charles Chaplin
- The Inebriate
- (as Charlie Chaplin)
Leota Bryan
- Nurse
- (uncredited)
William Gillespie
- Patient
- (uncredited)
Janet Sully
- Woman
- (uncredited)
Loyal Underwood
- Patient
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Charles Chaplin(uncredited)
- Writers
- Vincent Bryan(uncredited)
- Charles Chaplin(uncredited)
- Maverick Terrell(uncredited)
- All cast & crew
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- TriviaOuttakes 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.
- GoofsWhen 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 versionsKino 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.
- ConnectionsEdited into The Charlie Chaplin Festival (1941)
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a BIZARRE characterization by Chaplin
This is an odd film from the outset, as Chaplin doesn't play the Little Tramp--the poor but decent soul he usually played. Instead, he's a rich alcoholic who goes to a spa to "take the cure"; i.e., rest, drink lots of mineral water and kick his booze habit. It's obvious, though, that he's not the least bit motivated as his luggage consists of dozens of bottles of booze. When the staff find them, they throw them out the window and accidentally into the spring--thus "fortifying" the water significantly. Everyone there gets drunk and Charlie finds, for the first time, he actually LIKES water! Highly ridiculous and silly, but that's slapstick for you. All-in-all, a very good film but quite a departure for Chaplin.
By the way, some time after I first saw and reviewed this movie I saw the documentary "Unknown Chaplin" and a significant portion of the first part of this interesting British show was about THE CURE. It was very interesting to see how the film evolved. In the beginning, Charlie cast himself as a bellhop and another person as the drunk. But after seeing many takes and re-takes, he apparently decided to do the drunk role himself. Many of the bellboy scenes were re-shot--now with Charlie doing them as the drunk. This documentary is a must-see for Chaplin fans.
By the way, some time after I first saw and reviewed this movie I saw the documentary "Unknown Chaplin" and a significant portion of the first part of this interesting British show was about THE CURE. It was very interesting to see how the film evolved. In the beginning, Charlie cast himself as a bellhop and another person as the drunk. But after seeing many takes and re-takes, he apparently decided to do the drunk role himself. Many of the bellboy scenes were re-shot--now with Charlie doing them as the drunk. This documentary is a must-see for Chaplin fans.
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- planktonrules
- Apr 28, 2006
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- Runtime24 minutes
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- 1.33 : 1
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