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The Love Doctor

  • 19291929
  • PassedPassed
  • 1h 1m
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June Collyer, Richard Dix, and Miriam Seegar in The Love Doctor (1929)
  • Comedy
  • Romance
Gerald Sumner, a young physician and confirmed bachelor, opens his office and finds that he is without patients until a fond mother brings him her son, Bud Woodbridge, whose malady Sumner di... Read allGerald Sumner, a young physician and confirmed bachelor, opens his office and finds that he is without patients until a fond mother brings him her son, Bud Woodbridge, whose malady Sumner diagnoses as "love sickness." Woodbridge, in love with Grace Tyler, a fickle debutante who c... Read allGerald Sumner, a young physician and confirmed bachelor, opens his office and finds that he is without patients until a fond mother brings him her son, Bud Woodbridge, whose malady Sumner diagnoses as "love sickness." Woodbridge, in love with Grace Tyler, a fickle debutante who cannot take him seriously because of her infatuation for Sumner, follows Sumner's instructi... Read all
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  • Director
    • Melville W. Brown
  • Writers
    • Victor Mapes(play "The Boomerang")
    • Winchell Smith(play "The Boomerang")
    • J. Walter Ruben(adaptation)
  • Stars
    • Richard Dix
    • June Collyer
    • Morgan Farley
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  • Director
    • Melville W. Brown
  • Writers
    • Victor Mapes(play "The Boomerang")
    • Winchell Smith(play "The Boomerang")
    • J. Walter Ruben(adaptation)
  • Stars
    • Richard Dix
    • June Collyer
    • Morgan Farley
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    Richard Dix
    Richard Dix
    • Dr. Gerald Summeras Dr. Gerald Summer
    June Collyer
    June Collyer
    • Virginia Mooreas Virginia Moore
    Morgan Farley
    Morgan Farley
    • Bud Woodbridgeas Bud Woodbridge
    Miriam Seegar
    Miriam Seegar
    • Grace Tyleras Grace Tyler
    Winifred Harris
    Winifred Harris
    • Mrs. Woodbridgeas Mrs. Woodbridge
    Lawford Davidson
    Lawford Davidson
    • Preston DeWittas Preston DeWitt
    Gale Henry
    Gale Henry
    • Lucyas Lucy
    • Director
      • Melville W. Brown
    • Writers
      • Victor Mapes(play "The Boomerang")
      • Winchell Smith(play "The Boomerang")
      • J. Walter Ruben(adaptation)
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    Gerald Sumner, a young physician and confirmed bachelor, opens his office and finds that he is without patients until a fond mother brings him her son, Bud Woodbridge, whose malady Sumner diagnoses as "love sickness." Woodbridge, in love with Grace Tyler, a fickle debutante who cannot take him seriously because of her infatuation for Sumner, follows Sumner's instructions to rest in the country and take quantities of distilled water administered by Virginia Moore, Sumner's nurse. Because Virginia is in love with Sumner she complies, hoping that his weekend visits will give him love sickness. Grace Tyler's arrival, and her insistence that Sumner marry her, complicate matters. The situation is resolved when Sumner admits that love cannot be cured; he marries Virginia and encourages Bud to marry Grace.
    • pre code film
    • farce
    • remake
    • based on play
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      • To win at the game of love just try three easy rules. You'll hear them all from America's Prince of Love and Laughter. (Print ad- St. Joseph News-Press,((St.Joseph, Mo.)) 10 October 1929)
    • Genres
      • Comedy
      • Romance
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      • Passed
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      One of the earliest of over 700 Paramount Productions, filmed between 1929 and 1949, which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution, and have been owned and controlled by Universal ever since. However,because of legal complications, this particular title was not included in the original television package and may not have ever been televised.
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      Remake of The Boomerang (1925)

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    • Release date
      • January 6, 1929 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Kärleksdoktorn
    • Filming locations
      • Paramount Studios - 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Paramount Pictures
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 1 minute
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Silent

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