Film

The Gold Cure

1919 · 50m · Comedy

Annice Paisch and her friend, Edna Lawson, almost despair of finding husbands in their dull hometown until Annice is struck with the idea of strewing tacks over the heavily traveled road that passes her house. New Yorker Vance Duncan promptly has an accident and is forced to recuperate in the home of Annice's father, the local doctor. Vance sends Annice to the telegraph station to wire his uncle, Mike Darcy, and there she meets detective Robert Cord, who informs her that Vance is a hopeless alcoholic. Uncle Mike arrives and Annice immediately falls in love with him, while Edna longs for Vance. Cord has Vance imprisoned in Dr. Dumbbell's Sanitarium for Drunkards, but Annice, masquerading as a patient, smuggles him out. They arrive home to find someone else's "Uncle Mike" chastising the detective for tracking down the wrong man, and the four young lovers finally are left in peace.

Viola Dana

Annice Paisch

John McGowan

Vance Duncan

Elsie MacLeod

Edna Lawson

Howard Hall

Dr. Rodney Paisch

Fred C. Jones

Robert Cord

William B. Davidson

Michael Darcy

Franklyn Hanna

Michael Connors

Edward Mack

The Gardener

Julia Hurley

Gardener's Wife

George Dowling

Dr. Dumbbell

• John H. CollinsDirector · Writer
• Alexine HeylandWriter
• Maxwell KargerProducer

Release date

January 6, 1919

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

50m

Genres

Comedy