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  • An Expensive Drink (1913)
  • Short | Comedy, Short
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An Expensive Drink (1913)
Short | Comedy, Short
Hubby is addicted to the use of liquor and refuses to stop drinking same despite his wife's pleadings. After business he invariably visits the saloon and keeps his wife waiting for him for supper. One day she buys a bottle of Cura-Lusher, ...See moreHubby is addicted to the use of liquor and refuses to stop drinking same despite his wife's pleadings. After business he invariably visits the saloon and keeps his wife waiting for him for supper. One day she buys a bottle of Cura-Lusher, which is guaranteed to cure all craving for liquor. That evening, hubby brings home a new bottle of whiskey and wifie immediately doctors it with the Cura-Lusher. Hubby drinks some and immediately detects that there is something wrong. He thinks the saloon keeper swindled him and immediately goes over and has the bottle changed for real whiskey. Wifie puts some of the cure into the coffee, thinking that the best way to cure hubby of the habit. Hubby's boss calls that afternoon on a friendly visit and unsuspectingly wifie invites him to have a cup of coffee They all drink and the real liquor has the usual effect. The boss makes love to his employee's wife and tries to kiss her and hubby throws him out the window. The result is that he loses his job but when wifie explains her reason for doping the coffee it is the means for making him swear off and he vows never to drink again. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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Phillips Smalley
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Updated Jun 15, 1913
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Jun 15, 1913 (United States)

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