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  • Curing the Doctor (1913)
  • Short | 11 min | Comedy, Short
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Curing the Doctor (1913)
Short | 11 min | Comedy, Short
When a girl decides she should flirt, she usually succeeds, much to the discomfiture of the young man. Dorothy Vernon was no exception to the rule. Her decision to flirt brings her many admirers, among them Harry Willets and Dr. John Roth....See moreWhen a girl decides she should flirt, she usually succeeds, much to the discomfiture of the young man. Dorothy Vernon was no exception to the rule. Her decision to flirt brings her many admirers, among them Harry Willets and Dr. John Roth. At her home she finds Count Von Gasbag, a German nobleman, being entertained by mamma, who has had dreams of a title for her daughter. Dotty takes the cue from mamma, starts immediately to captivate the count, much to the disgust of Willets, He leaves in high dudgeon, bikes to his home and spends the night on the veranda much against the wishes of his mother. He catches a very severe cold, and in the morning a hurry call is sent for Dr. Roth. The doctor comes and seeing his opportunity to dispose of his hated rival, he tells the mother that she must take her son out west, where he can get more sunshine, and live a strenuous life, that he has serious lung trouble. Dotty and the count call and offer their sympathies. Willets asks Dotty to marry him, but she could not think of marrying a dying man. She leaves him to his fate. Later health comes to young Willets. He marries Juanita, the beautiful daughter of the Spanish innkeeper. He then sends a message to Dr. Roth to come at once. Dotty has married the count and they are off on their wedding tour. Dr. Roth boards the same train on his way west to see Willets, who is dying, and his sympathy is aroused. The doctor induces Dotty and the count to get off at Santa Paula to visit the supposedly dying man. Juanita's father meets the doctor and party at the train, and shows them to the hotel. The doctor and Dotty get the surprise of their lives when they see young WilIets so strong. The doctor is very much disturbed, for he feels that he is the victim of the joke. He introduced Dotty's husband, feeling that it will shock young Willets. Willets says, "You have none the best of me, allow me to introduce my wife." Young Willets then tells the doctor he thinks he has something coming to him and that he is going to give it to him. He immediately starts to clean up the street with the doctor, which he does in a most artistic manner. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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Oct 16, 1913 (United States)

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Count Von Gasbag (as Lloyd V. Hamilton) Count Von Gasbag (as Lloyd V. Hamilton)   See fewer
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Dorothy Vernon Dorothy Vernon   See fewer
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