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5.1/10   60 votes
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Director:
Scott Pembroke
Writers:
Ladye Horton (writer)
Elliott Lester (play)
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Release Date:
15 June 1930 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Romance more
Plot:
The son and daughter of an abusive shopkeeper turn to a medicine show salesman for help. full summary | add synopsis
User Comments:
Poor example of early talkie more

Cast

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Jack Benny ... Dr. John Harvey
Betty Bronson ... Mamie Goltz
E. Alyn Warren ... Goltz
Eva Novak ... Hulda
Billy Butts ... Buddy
Adolph Milar ... Peter
George E. Stone ... Steve (as Georgie Stone)
Tom Dugan ... Charley (as Tommy Dugan)
Vadim Uraneff ... Gus
Caroline Rankin ... Hattie
Dorothea Wolbert ... Sister Wilson
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Additional Details

Runtime:
USA:66 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Photophone System)

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5 out of 7 people found the following comment useful:-
Poor example of early talkie, 6 December 2003
2/10
Author: David E Romm (romm@visi.com) from Minneapolis, MN

The Medicine Man is a poor example of an early talkie. Slow and dumb, with a rustic cast of German-American characters DW Griffith would gag on. Jack Benny's presence makes it historically interesting, but that's about it. Benny gets off the only good line, "The New York critics have proclaimed this show the greatest amalgamation of merry making mirth provokers since Shakespeare was barred from Avon." And he mispronounces "Avon." The plot is more-or-less the same as The Music Man but without any of the music, acting or dialog. For Benny completists only.

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