The Medicine Man (1930 film)
| 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 |
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.
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
[edit]The 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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