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A Cure for Suffragettes
(1913) United States of America
B&W : Split-reel
Directed by Edward Dillon
Cast: Dorothy Bernard, Antonio Moreno, Blanche Sweet, Gertrude Robinson [a suffragette], Kathleen Butler [a suffragette], Dorothy Gish [a suffragette]
Biograph Company production; distributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated. / From a screen story by Anita Loos. / Released 17 November 1913; in a split-reel with He’s a Lawyer (1913). / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Comedy.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? Caroline Spankhurst and her suffragette brigade conclude to stop at nothing, so in their dauntless enthusiasm they forget their babies peacefully reposing on the sidewalk. The babies fall into the hands of the traffic squad, ordered to keep clear streets. A small-sized riot is taking place, but every mother's a suffragette so why cry “Help?”
Survival status: Print exists in the film holdings of Worldview Entertainment (Paul Killiam collection).
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 7 January 2025.
References: Sloan-Loud pp. 99, 105, 147; Spehr-American p. 1 : Website-IMDb.
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