Snakeville's Hen Medic (1915)
Sophie Pain, the lady doctor, hangs out her sign in Snakeville and naturally creates quite a stir among the male population. Mustang Pete suddenly discovers and pretends he is ill and calls on the "hen medic." Bloggie, jealous, sends him a note that his wife wants him, and himself acquires a sudden ailment. Pete, finding he was fooled, tells Bloggie's wife her husband is making love to the lady doctor, and she rushes to her office. Bloggie escapes and locks his wife, Pete, the hen medic, and Slippery Slim, who was hired as office boy, in the office. Then he climbs to the roof and covers up the chimney. Suffocated by the smoke, the locked in Bloggie's victims telephone for the constable who rushes to the scene with a rifle. He pokes it through the window and Pete extracts the shell and places it in the stove. The place is blown up and Bloggie falls into a watering trough, where the constable arrests him. The hen medic, Pete, Bloggie's wife and Slim struggle out from under the wreckage.
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GenresComedy
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| Filmmakers | Role |
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| Roy Clements | Director |
| Cast | Role |
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| Margaret Joslin | |
| Harry Todd | |
| Victor Potel | |
| Ben Turpin |
