Home Cured

Home Cured is a 1926 American silent comedy film directed by Roscoe Arbuckle.^[1] Although Arbuckle was acquitted in the third trial for the death of Virginia Rappe, he could not obtain work in Hollywood under his own name, so he adopted the pseudonym William Goodrich for directing the comedy shorts he made under his contract with Educational Film Exchanges.^[2]

Home Cured
Directed by	William Goodrich (Roscoe Arbuckle)
Starring	Johnny Arthur
Production company	Goodwill Productions (as Tuxedo Comedies)
Distributed by	Educational Film Exchanges
Release date	March 14, 1926 (1926-03-14)
Running time	11 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Plot

As described in a film magazine review,^[3] a man who is always buying medicine for his imaginary ailments is put through a cure by his wife and his friend. He pretends he really is ill. Doctors, undertakers, and the sexton arrive and the wife and friend plan how they will spend his insurance money. The husband realizes they are trying to get rid of him. He chases his friend from the house, promising his wife he will not be sick again.

Cast

• Johnny Arthur as The Hypochondriac
• Virginia Vance as The Hypochondriac's Wife
• Chick Collins as Hypochondriac's Friend
• George Davis as The Nurse
• Glen Cavender as The Doctor
• Robert Brower
• Walter C. Reed

See also

• Fatty Arbuckle filmography