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The Professional Patient

191712m
Comedy

Status

Released

Release

1917

Runtime

12m

Storyline

Mr. & Mrs. Sidney Drew starred in a series of polite situational comedies, first for Vitagraph and then for their own company, releasing through Metro. Mr. Drew -- uncle of John, Lionel and Ethel Barrymore -- died after his son was killed in the first world war and his wife -- who wrote and seems to have directed a sizeable number of their comedies, starred. In this one, Mr. Drew has been fired from his regular job and, money growing short, takes up a position as a professional patient of a dentist, to reassure the other patients in the room. There he meets and falls in love with Mrs. Drew.

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Details

Status
Released
Runtime
12m
Jan 19, 1917
Languages
No Language
Director
Sidney Drew
Sidney Drew
Production
Vitagraph Company of America
Vitagraph Company of America
Production Countries
United States of America

Top Cast

2 Cast Members

Sidney Drew

Sidney Drew

Mrs. Sidney Drew

Mrs. Sidney Drew

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