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Coughing Higgins (1917)
Passed
Short | Short, Comedy

Coughing Higgins (1917)

Passed

Short | Short, Comedy

The third husband of the buxom Mrs. Bullion (Emma Ray) dies and leaves her a fortune, with provision that she must remarry immediately and if husband number four live longer than two weeks after the wedding she will not receive a penny of ...See moreThe third husband of the buxom Mrs. Bullion (Emma Ray) dies and leaves her a fortune, with provision that she must remarry immediately and if husband number four live longer than two weeks after the wedding she will not receive a penny of the money. "Coughing" Higgins (Johnny Ray), out of work, by choice because of a lazy, roving disposition, has stolen a few frankfurters but the law is chasing him. He eludes the policeman and sinks exhausted on a park bench. On a hunt, instigated by the widow to find a suitable (unhealthy) husband candidate, her professional "chasers" come upon the emancipated, coughing derelict, "Coughing" Higgins. He soon becomes the fourth husband of the buxom widow who does not have his best interests in her heart.- Immediately follows a heroic struggle to keep life in the frame of Higgins until the expiration of the time limit set in the will. One day his worried better half accidentally learns that a codicil of the will states if her latest husband shall last four weeks, the entire fortune is hers. Dashing home, she finds the now desperate Higgins engaged in a battle with his "keepers." Armed with a pistol, he has driven them into the steam closet and is just about to attack the ice chest for a square meal when wifie breaks in with the glad tidings. Surprised to find that the coughing one has aroused the latent spark of love in her bosom, she divulges the contents of the will, the doctors are fired, and the once half-starved "bench warmer" takes a new lease on life. Written by Les Adams See less

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5 cast members

Name	Known for
Johnny Ray 'Coughing' Higgins 'Coughing' Higgins See fewer	Casey in a Pawnshop (1916)
Emma Ray Mrs. Bullion, the Buxon Widow Mrs. Bullion, the Buxon Widow See fewer	A Peaceful Flat (1917)
Tom Mahoney The Doctor The Doctor See fewer	The Love Trader (1930)
Walter Percival Doctor's Assistant Doctor's Assistant See fewer	Lights of New York (1928)
William Slade Self Self See fewer	Main 1-2-3 (1918)