The Medicine Man (1930 film)

The Medicine Man
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Directed by	Scott Pembroke
Written by	Ladye Horton Eve Unsell
Based on	The Medicine Man by Elliott Lester
Produced by	Phil Goldstone
Starring	Jack Benny Betty Bronson Eva Novak
Cinematography	Max Dupont Arthur Reeves
Edited by	Byron Robinson
Production company	Tiffany Pictures
Distributed by	Tiffany Pictures Gaumont British Distributors (UK)
Release date	June 15, 1930 (1930-06-15)
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 work in motion pictures. ^[1] The film was adapted from a play by Elliot Lester. ^[2]

A print of The Medicine Man is preserved in the Library of Congress. ^[3]

Plot

The son and daughter of a shopkeeper fall in with the leader of a traveling medicine show.

Cast

• 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

1. The Medicine Man details, IMDB.com; accessed December 5, 2015.
2. The Medicine Man details, ftvdb.bfi.org.uk; accessed December 5, 2015.
3. 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

• The Medicine Man at IMDb
• The Medicine Man is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive
• The Medicine Man at BFI Database