Sure Cures

  • Comedy
11/2/1946
11

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This comedic Pete Smith Specialty short examines the folly of using "home remedies" for various ills.

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  • Geronimo1967

    Though this does rather labour the points it makes, it still manages to poke some fun as this poor chap (Dave OBrien) tries all manner of cures he might have bought from a quack medicine show to stop everything from baldness to sleep deprivation and then hiccups. The first of his ailments offers narrator Pete Smith a chance to showcase the range of miracle cures available as his hairline recedes, whilst the make-up artists have some fun creating his ever exposing scalp. Then the poor fella, whose hair appears to have now stabilised, cannot get to sleep. Perhaps thats down to his wifes snoring, or to a squeaky mattress - he appears to be sleeping on some wartime army surplus contraption. Finally, perhaps he is attempting to solve his previou...

    July 26, 2025

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