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Bungling Bill, Doctor (1916)
Short | Comedy, Short
Bungling Bill burglarizes a house, and in a struggle with Mr. Grouch, the occupant, he is wounded in the hand. Fearful of obtaining medical aid, lest he be traced, Bill fortunately reads in the paper an ad for a hospital orderly, and ...See moreBungling Bill burglarizes a house, and in a struggle with Mr. Grouch, the occupant, he is wounded in the hand. Fearful of obtaining medical aid, lest he be traced, Bill fortunately reads in the paper an ad for a hospital orderly, and applying at the hospital he is hired. In the hospital is a young nurse named Rena, whom the superintendent looks upon with much favor, and when he finds her conversing with her sweetheart, Jack, he angrily informs her that she is interned for three months, and must have no communication with outsiders until the expiration of that time. Jack has this news conveyed to him in a letter. Lovesick and desperate, he falls before a passing automobile, is injured, and in this way accomplishes his purpose of obtaining admission to the hospital. There he meets Bungling Bill, who is nursing Mr. Grouch, who was accidentally shot in the foot by a policeman during the search for Bill in Grouch's home. Grouch tries to expose Bill without success, as the latter keeps him unconscious most of the time by striking him on the head with his blackjack. Jack in the hospital searches for Rena, and unintentionally enters the room of a sick woman, whose husband, a very jealous man, calls, and finding him there, starts to shoot up the hospital. Bill's identity is learned, and he is about to be captured when he cleverly makes the husband believe that the Superintendent is flirting with his wife, and while the latter is being chased by the husband, Bill makes his getaway. During the excitement, Jack and Rena, climbing down a fire escape, enter the room of a sick clergyman, and explaining the circumstances to him, win his sympathy and he marries them. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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Director
John Francis Dillon (as Jack Dillon)
Writer
Robert Dillon (as Robert A. Dillon)
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Updated Apr 29, 1916
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Apr 29, 1916 (United States)

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Paddy McGuire
Bungling Bill Bungling Bill   See fewer
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Rena Rogers
Rena - Jack's Sweetheart Rena - Jack's Sweetheart   See fewer
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Jack Gaines
The Jealous Superintendent The Jealous Superintendent   See fewer
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