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The Beauty Doctor (1917)
Short | Comedy, Short

The Beauty Doctor (1917)

Short | Comedy, Short

Billy and the wife, stranded in Thinville, decide to open a beauty parlor for thin women. He poses Sylvia as a wonderful example of before and after taking. He learns through a beauty column in the newspaper that watermelon seeds are a ...See moreBilly and the wife, stranded in Thinville, decide to open a beauty parlor for thin women. He poses Sylvia as a wonderful example of before and after taking. He learns through a beauty column in the newspaper that watermelon seeds are a great fattener. He buys a large supply of melons and tacks up his beauty doctor sign. A husband and wife in Thinville get notice that an eccentric uncle in his will has left orders to give the couple the wife's weight in gold. She decides to take the treatment of Billy. A young girl is engaged to a Turkish Prince, but when he sees how thin she is he refuses. She also takes the treatment. After a few weeks both the thin women are thinner and poor Sylvia is fatter than ever. The husband of the thin woman, the father of the thin girl and the Turkish Prince all go to bring vengeance on Billy. A battle with the watermelons ensues and results in Billy and Sylvia taking passage for other parts. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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7 cast members

Name	Known for
Billy Mason Mr. Mason Mr. Mason See fewer	Baseball Bill (1916)
Sylvia Ashton Mrs. Mason Mrs. Mason See fewer	The Fourteenth Man (1920)
William Musgrave Mr. Hope Mr. Hope See fewer	Society's Driftwood (1917)
Betty Hutton Mrs. Hope (as Betty Hatton) Mrs. Hope (as Betty Hatton) See fewer	The Beauty Doctor (1917)
Henry F. Crane Got Rox Got Rox See fewer	The Beauty Doctor (1917)
Elsie Maison Miss Rox (as Elise Mason) Miss Rox (as Elise Mason) See fewer	Mr. Opp (1917)
Wadsworth Harris Prince Prince See fewer	Graft (1915)