Down to Earth (1917)
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Douglas Fairbanks recalls James M. Barrie's The Admirable Crichton in the 1917 silent Down to Earth. Billy Gaynor (Fairbanks) takes over an asylum where his girl, Ethel (Eileen Percy), is resting after a supposed nervous breakdown. "Doctor" Gaynor realizes that Ethel is perfectly… More Douglas Fairbanks recalls James M. Barrie's The Admirable Crichton in the 1917 silent Down to Earth. Billy Gaynor (Fairbanks) takes over an asylum where his girl, Ethel (Eileen Percy), is resting after a supposed nervous breakdown. "Doctor" Gaynor realizes that Ethel is perfectly healthy; all that's wrong with her is that she has become soft and spoiled thanks to modern living and too-rigid adherence to passing fads and foibles. He arranges for Ethel and the rest of the hypochondriac patients to take an ocean voyage, then stages a shipwreck, forcing these pampered creatures to fend for themselves on a "desert island" (actually a wooded glade just off a main California highway). Sunshine and hard work does more good for the patients than all the psychiatrists and so-called experts in the world. Having proven his point, Billy claims his girl and bids the other patients a jaunty farewell. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- John Emerson
- Genres
- Action & Adventure, Comedy
Unrated,
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Cast
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Ruth Allen
as Mrs. Fuller Germes
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Douglas Fairbanks
as Billy Gayner
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Charles Gerrard
as Charles Riddles
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Fred Goodwins
as Jordon Jinny
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William H. Keith
as Mr. Carter
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Florence Mayon
as Mrs. Phattison Oiles
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Charles P. McHugh
as Dr. Samm
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Bull Montana
as Wild Man
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Eileen Percy
as Ethel
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David Porter
as Mr. Coffin
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Herbert Standing
as Mr. A.D. Dyspeptic
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Gustav von Seyffertitz
as Dr. Jollyem
