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The Elixir of Life (1916)
Short | Comedy, Short

The Elixir of Life (1916)

Short | Comedy, Short

Doctor has an elixir of life and desires to borrow a mummy to try it on. His friend, a keeper of a museum, refuses to lend the mummy. The friend gives a dance and his fiancée dresses as Egyptian girl to dance for the party. Meantime doctor...See moreDoctor has an elixir of life and desires to borrow a mummy to try it on. His friend, a keeper of a museum, refuses to lend the mummy. The friend gives a dance and his fiancée dresses as Egyptian girl to dance for the party. Meantime doctor hires a crook to steal the mummy. A janitor takes a mummy from its case to clean the case and forgets to return it. The Queen exits from the platform, falls in a faint and drops into the casket. The crooks arrive, steal the casket and take it to the doctor's house. He gives it some elixir and the Queen recovers. She thinks the doctor a bug and pretends to revive like a mummy to humor him. The doctor's wife sees this and then sees the Queen dancing for hubby. Finally she catches the Queen and doctor, places them over burning powder chamber to get revenge for doctor's perfidy. Meanwhile the crowd in the museum have missed the dancer and are out looking for her. They find the cops, who explain crooks' confession. All return to laboratory just in time to save Doctor and Queen from the wrath of wifey. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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5 cast members

Name	Known for
Billy Franey The Doctor (as William Franey) The Doctor (as William Franey) See fewer	When Damon Fell for Pythias (1917)
Gale Henry The Doctor's Wife The Doctor's Wife See fewer	Lady Baffles and Detective Duck in Kidnapping the King's Kids (1915)
Milburn Morante The Friend (as Milburn Moranti) The Friend (as Milburn Moranti) See fewer	The Crimson Clue (1922)
Lillian Peacock The Queen The Queen See fewer	Hiram's Inheritance (1915)
Heinie Conklin The Crook (as Charles Conklin) The Crook (as Charles Conklin) See fewer	Ham and Eggs at the Front (1927)