The Professional Patient (1917)

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.

Released Jan. 19, 1917 12 min None+

Genres: Comedy, Short

Keywords: mdblist.two-actors, tmdb.silent-film, mdblist.imdb-short, aspectratio.1-33-1

Production Companies: Vitagraph Company of America

Country: United States
Languages: No Language, English