Summary
In 'Nerve Tonic', Jimmie Adams, burdened with a nervous ailment and under the scrutiny of a strict doctor, engages in a high-stakes game of chance with his home as the stakes. This film, a rare gem from the early 20th century, explores themes of anxiety, obsession, and the lengths one might go to for autonomy, set against the backdrop of a Victorian-era bedroom transformed into a makeshift stock exchange.
Synopsis
Jimmie, as a nervous wreck and under doctor's orders to get plenty of rest, under the penalty of losing all right to the physician's daughter as his prospective wife, makes a stock exchange out of his bedroom while his medical overseer is away.
Director
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Harold Beaudine
