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One Month to Live (1911) Online
Original Title :
One Month to Live
Genre :
Movie / Short / Comedy
Year :
1911
Writer :
Horace Vinton
Type :
Movie
Rating :
6.3/10
One Month to Live (1911) Online

Mr. Jack Jones, a young business man, was so found of convivial company that he was inclined to neglect his business. One morning he goes to his office, and during his absence Mrs. Jones entertains her old school friend, accompanied by her consumptive husband. Mr. Jones, finding business dull, goes out with some of his happy-go-lucky cronies, and returns to his home that evening under the influence of liquor. Mrs. Jones is instantly alarmed and, remembering the condition of Jack Smith, insists upon calling in a physician, who, upon seeing the patient, promptly diagnoses the case 'plain drunk,' and takes his departure. The following morning Mrs. Jones receives a note from Mrs. Smith informing her that the physician attending Mr. Smith had announced that Jack had but one month to live. Mrs. Jones' heart goes out in sympathy for her friend, and then noticing that the given name, 'Jack,' only is used, determines to give her husband a lasting lesson. Accordingly she places the note at his ...