Love Makes 'Em Wild (1927)
Comedy | 6 March 1927
Cast:
John Harron, Sally Phipps, Ben Bard [ More ]Director:
Albert RayWriter:
Harold ShumateCinematographer:
Chester LyonsProduction Company:
Fox Film Corp.The Feb 1927 Photoplay reported that Albert Ray was directing Willie the Worm, the working title of Love Makes 'Em Wild.
Some contemporary reviews stated that the quack doctor told "Willie Angle" that he had six months to live. ...
The Feb 1927 Photoplay reported that Albert Ray was directing Willie the Worm, the working title of Love Makes 'Em Wild.
Some contemporary reviews stated that the quack doctor told "Willie Angle" that he had six months to live.
When overly anxious and meek clerk Willie Angle, who keeps a record of everyone who has bullied him at the office, visits a doctor, he is told that he only has two weeks to live. Unknown to Willie, the doctor is a quack, who is only after his money. Believing the diagnosis, Willie decides to change his life by spending his $4,000 life savings to move into the Ritz with his pal. Soon after, Mary O'Shane, a stenographer at his office, visits him at the Ritz and so inspires Willie that he begins to settle old scores with his fists. After a brawl sends Willie to a real doctor, the physician informs him that the only problem with his heart is love sickness. Now a changed man, Willie decides to wed ...
When overly anxious and meek clerk Willie Angle, who keeps a record of everyone who has bullied him at the office, visits a doctor, he is told that he only has two weeks to live. Unknown to Willie, the doctor is a quack, who is only after his money. Believing the diagnosis, Willie decides to change his life by spending his $4,000 life savings to move into the Ritz with his pal. Soon after, Mary O'Shane, a stenographer at his office, visits him at the Ritz and so inspires Willie that he begins to settle old scores with his fists. After a brawl sends Willie to a real doctor, the physician informs him that the only problem with his heart is love sickness. Now a changed man, Willie decides to wed Mary.
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