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Kill or Cure
(1923) United States of America
B&W : One reel
Directed by Perc Pembroke (Scott Pembroke)
Cast: Stan Laurel [a door-to-door salesman], Katherine Grant [the maid with a bird cage], Noah Young [the auto owner], Eddie Baker [the sheriff], Mark Jones [‘Speedy Sam,’ the drunk], George Rowe [the deaf man at the gate], Helen Gilmore [the aggressive noncustomer], Sammy Brooks [the short noncustomer], Charles Stevenson [the door-slamming noncustomer], William Gillespie [the doctor], John M. O’Brien [the resident at 1313]
Hal Roach Studios, Incorporated, production; distributed by Pathé Exchange, Incorporated. / Produced by Hal Roach. Assistant director, W.P. Hackney. Cinematography by Frank Young. Presented by Hal Roach. / Released 15 July [?] or 15 March? 1923. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The film was released in the United Kingdom in 1924.
Comedy.
Survival status: Prints exist [35mm positive, 16mm reduction positive].
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Cages: Bird - Deaf people - Domestics: Maids - Law: Enforcement: Police: Sheriffs - Medical: Doctors - Salesmen: Door-to-door - Transportation: Automobiles
Listing updated: 20 December 2023.
References: Film viewing : Skretvedt-Magic p. 42 : Website-IMDb.
Home video: DVD.
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