Down to Earth

John Emerson
1917-08-16

A satire on the indoor sports of society versus the close-to-nature idea.
6
70 min

A healthy outdoors-type follows the girl he loves to a resort for wealthy hypochondriacs. In order to prove to her and the other patients that their "illnesses" are all in their minds, he hatches a scheme to take them on a boat ride, then get them stranded in the wilderness, where he can show them that they can live without their pills, doctors and "cures".