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'''''The Dop Doctor''''', also known as '''The Love Trail''' or '''The Terrier and the Child''',<ref name="bfi">{{Cite web |title=The Dop Doctor (1915) |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b70de390e |access-date=2020-10-20 |website=BFI |language=en}}</ref><ref name="imdb">{{Cite web |date=1916-01-21 |title=The Dop Doctor |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0406944/ |access-date=2020-10-20}}</ref> is a 1915/16 [[Cinema of South Africa|South African]] [[drama film]] directed by [[Fred Paul]].<ref name="bfi" /> It is based on the book, [[The Dop Doctor (book)|The Dop Doctor]], by [[Clotilde Graves]]. The film depicts the [[Siege of Mafeking]] during the [[Second Boer War]] through the scenario of an orphan girl that loves a soldier but is married to an exiled doctor.<ref name="imdb"/> |
'''''The Dop Doctor''''', also known as '''The Love Trail''' or '''The Terrier and the Child''',<ref name="bfi">{{Cite web |title=The Dop Doctor (1915) |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b70de390e |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201021040722/https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b70de390e |url-status=dead |archive-date=21 October 2020 |access-date=2020-10-20 |website=BFI |language=en}}</ref><ref name="imdb">{{Cite web |date=1916-01-21 |title=The Dop Doctor |website=[[IMDb]] |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0406944/ |access-date=2020-10-20}}</ref>{{better source|date=January 2024}} is a 1915/16 [[Cinema of South Africa|South African]] [[drama film]] directed by [[Fred Paul]].<ref name="bfi" /> It is based on the book, [[The Dop Doctor (book)|The Dop Doctor]], by [[Clotilde Graves]]. |
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The film depicts the [[Siege of Mafeking]] (1899–1900) during the [[Second Boer War]] through the scenario of an orphan girl that loves a soldier but is married to an exiled doctor.<ref name="imdb"/>{{better source|date=January 2024}} |
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The film is notable for being the first South African film to be prohibited or censored. The government of Prime Minister [[Louis Botha]] banned the film under the [[Defence of the Realm Act]]<ref name="Parsons">{{Cite journal |last=Parsons |first=Neil |date=2013-09-01 |title=Nation-Building Movies Made in South Africa (1916–18): I.W. Schlesinger, Harold Shaw, and the Lingering Ambiguities of South African Union |url=https://doi.org/10.1080/03057070.2013.827003 |access-date=2020-10-20 |journal=Journal of Southern African Studies |volume=39 |issue=3 |pages=641–659 |doi=10.1080/03057070.2013.827003|s2cid=143079921 }}</ref> as "the film wrongly represents the Boers as being cheats and immoral."<ref name="trove">{{Cite web |date=1916-06-17 |title=The Dop Doctor. |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2101863 |access-date=2020-10-20 |website=Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957) |pages=19}}</ref> |
The film is notable for being the first South African film to be prohibited or censored. The government of Prime Minister [[Louis Botha]] banned the film under the [[Defence of the Realm Act]]<ref name="Parsons">{{Cite journal |last=Parsons |first=Neil |date=2013-09-01 |title=Nation-Building Movies Made in South Africa (1916–18): I.W. Schlesinger, Harold Shaw, and the Lingering Ambiguities of South African Union |url=https://doi.org/10.1080/03057070.2013.827003 |access-date=2020-10-20 |journal=Journal of Southern African Studies |volume=39 |issue=3 |pages=641–659 |doi=10.1080/03057070.2013.827003|s2cid=143079921 }}</ref> as "the film wrongly represents the Boers as being cheats and immoral."<ref name="trove">{{Cite web |date=1916-06-17 |title=The Dop Doctor. |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2101863 |access-date=2020-10-20 |website=Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957) |pages=19}}</ref> |
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Latest revision as of 03:02, 16 June 2024
| The Dop Doctor | |
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| Directed by | Fred Paul |
| Written by | Clotilde Graves (Richard Dehan) Harry Engholm |
| Starring | Fred Paul, Agnes Glynn, Bertram Burleigh |
Production company | Samuelson Film Manufacturing Company |
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| Country | South Africa |
| Language | English |
The Dop Doctor, also known as The Love Trail or The Terrier and the Child,[1][2][better source needed] is a 1915/16 South African drama film directed by Fred Paul.[1] It is based on the book, The Dop Doctor, by Clotilde Graves.
Plot
[edit]The film depicts the Siege of Mafeking (1899–1900) during the Second Boer War through the scenario of an orphan girl that loves a soldier but is married to an exiled doctor.[2][better source needed]
Censorship
[edit]The film is notable for being the first South African film to be prohibited or censored. The government of Prime Minister Louis Botha banned the film under the Defence of the Realm Act[3] as "the film wrongly represents the Boers as being cheats and immoral."[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "The Dop Doctor (1915)". BFI. Archived from the original on 21 October 2020. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
- ^ a b "The Dop Doctor". IMDb. 21 January 1916. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
- ^ Parsons, Neil (1 September 2013). "Nation-Building Movies Made in South Africa (1916–18): I.W. Schlesinger, Harold Shaw, and the Lingering Ambiguities of South African Union". Journal of Southern African Studies. 39 (3): 641–659. doi:10.1080/03057070.2013.827003. S2CID 143079921. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
- ^ "The Dop Doctor". Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957). 17 June 1916. p. 19. Retrieved 20 October 2020.