 A Cure for Pokeritis is a 1912 short silent film starring John Bunny and Flora Finch . After Bunny 's death , a re @-@ release was announced with the alternative title A Sure Cure for Pokeritis . This domestic comedy depicts a woman who stops her husband 's gambling habit by having her cousin stage a fake police raid on the weekly poker game . It was one of many similar shorts produced by Vitagraph Studios , whose popularity made Bunny and Finch early film stars . Although its style of humor is dated , it has been recognized as a historically important representative of its period and genre . 
