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| 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 |
Release dates | 1915 (South Africa) 21 January 1916 (USA) |
| Country | South Africa |
| Language | English |
The Dop Doctor, also known as The Love Trail or The Terrier and the Child,[1][2] 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. 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.[2]
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
- ^ a b "The Dop Doctor (1915)". BFI. Retrieved 2020-10-20.
- ^ a b "The Dop Doctor". 1916-01-21. Retrieved 2020-10-20.
- ^ Parsons, Neil (2013-09-01). "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 2020-10-20.
- ^ "The Dop Doctor". Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957). 1916-06-17. p. 19. Retrieved 2020-10-20.