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Fits and Chills
(1915) United States of America
B&W : One reel
Directed by C. Jay Williams (C.J. Williams)
Cast: Harry Fisher [Farmer Brown], Jewell Hill (Jewell Hunt) [Rose Brown], Donald MacBride [the first hired man], Sig Stark [the second hired man], Kalman Matus [the third hired man]
The Vitagraph Company of America production; distributed by V-L-S-E, Incorporated. / From a screen story by C. Graham Baker. / Released 6 October 1915. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Comedy.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? Farmer Brown’s three hired men are in love with the pretty hired girl, Rose. Brown is deeply interested in the study of medicine as a hobby, and Joe decides to become one of his patients and be nursed by Rose. After studying up a little on the subject, Joe suddenly develops violent fits. Bill, observing the tender nursing his rival is receiving, decides he will fake up a severe attack of chills. Tom, the other hired man, simply smiles to himself, for, unknown to the others, he is the one favored by Rose. Brown has long wanted patients on which to try his various medicines and he has a grand time dosing them. Happening to discover that the fits and chills are both fake, he makes up a “sure cure” which would kill a horse, and makes them take a dose. With howls of anguish, both dash for the watering trough to cool their burning throats. After all their sufferings they only get the ha, ha, for Rose marries quiet Tom and thus ends the rivalry.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 29 October 2022.
References: Tarbox-Lost p. 237 : Website-IMDb.
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