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Down to Earth (1917)

Down to Earth (1917)

Comedy Romance

A satire on the indoor sports of society versus the close-to-nature idea.

Release Date: 1917, August 16
Directors: John Emerson
Countries: United States of America
Production: Douglas Fairbanks Pictures, Douglas Fairbanks Pictures
Cast: Charles K. Gerrard, Gustav von Seyffertitz, Herbert Standing, Douglas Fairbanks, David Porter, Bull Montana, Eileen Percy, Ruth Allen, Florence Mayon, Charles McHugh, Fred Goodwins, William H. Keith

Overview:

A healthy outdoors-type follows the girl he loves to a resort for wealthy hypochondriacs. In order to prove to her and the other patients that their "illnesses" are all in their minds, he hatches a scheme to take them on a boat ride, then get them stranded in the wilderness, where he can show them that they can live without their pills, doctors and "cures".