The Medicine Man is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy-drama film directed by Scott Pembroke, released by Tiffany Pictures, and starring Jack Benny, Betty Bronson and Eva Novak.
| The Medicine Man | |
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| Directed by | Scott Pembroke |
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| Based on | The Medicine Man by Elliott Lester |
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| Starring | Jack Benny Betty Bronson Eva Novak |
| Cinematography | |
| Edited by | Byron Robinson |
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| Distributed by | Tiffany Pictures Gaumont British Distributors (UK) |
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Running time | 66 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
This was an early role for Jack Benny. After talking pictures took over the silent film, vaudeville died, and Benny and many other comedians went to motion pictures.[1] The film was adapted from a play by Elliot Lester.[2]
A print is preserved in the Library of Congress.[3]
Plot
editThe son and daughter of a shopkeeper fall in with the leader of a traveling medicine show.
Cast
edit- Jack Benny as Dr. John Harvey
- Betty Bronson as Mamie Goltz
- E. Alyn Warren as Goltz
- Eva Novak as Hulda
- Billy Butts as Buddy
- Adolph Millar as Peter
- George E. Stone as Steve
- Tom Dugan as Charley
- Vadim Uraneff as Gus
- Caroline Rankin as Hattie
- Dorothea Wolbert as Sister Wilson
References
edit- ^ The Medicine Man details, IMDB.com; accessed December 5, 2015.
- ^ The Medicine Man details, ftvdb.bfi.org.uk; accessed December 5, 2015.
- ^ Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress p. 114, c. 1978 by The American Film Institute
External links
edit- The Medicine Man at IMDb
- The Medicine Man is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive
- synopsis at AllMovie
- The Medicine Man at BFI Database
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