Down to Earth
1917 · Movie · 71 min. · United States
A healthy outdoors-type follows the girl he loves to a resort for wealthy hypochondriacs. In order to prove to her and the other patients that their "illnesses" are all in their minds, he hatches a scheme to take them on a boat ride, then get them stranded in the wilderness, where he can show them that they can live without their pills, doctors and "cures".
Direction John Emerson
Cast Douglas Fairbanks · Eileen Percy · Gustav von Seyffertitz · Charles McHugh · Charles K. Gerrard · William H. Keith · Ruth Allen · Fred Goodwins · Florence Mayon · Herbert Standing · David Porter · Bull Montana
Screenplay John Emerson · Anita Loos · Douglas Fairbanks
Cinematography Victor Fleming
Original title Down to Earth
Also known as The Optimist
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Not rated (FilmAffinity)
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