The Professional Patient (1917)
19 Jan 1917 • Comedy, Short
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 sizable 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.There are problems with this film that look like they are a result of re-editing -- indeed, the print notes that it has been re-edited. Nonetheless, the comic bits that fill the picture and the charm of the two leads go far to explaining their popularity -- alas, very few of their works survive in any form. While this is not a great picture in its current form, it has enough smiles and charm to carry it through.
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