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The Professional Patient
(1917) United States of America
B&W : One reel
Directed by Sidney Drew

Cast: Sidney Drew, [?] Lucille McVey Drew? (or is it Gladys Rankin, the first Mrs. Sidney Drew?)

The Vitagraph Company of America production; distributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated. / Scenario by Fred R. Ashfield. / Released 19 January 1917. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The film was rereleased in the USA on 26 August 1918.

Comedy.

Survival status: Print exists.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Dentists: False teeth - Tobacco: Cigarettes

Listing updated: 26 December 2010.

References: Kerr-Silent p. 56 : Website-IMDb : with additional information provided by Manish Patwari.