''The Love Doctor'' is a 1929 American
comedy film
A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending (black comedy being an exception). Comedy is one of the ol ...
directed by
Melville W. Brown
Melville W. Brown (March 10, 1887 – January 31, 1938) was an American film director, screenwriter and occasional actor. He began his career on the local stage in Oregon, in stock companies and vaudeville, before moving to California and wor ...
and written by
Guy Bolton
Guy Reginald Bolton (23 November 1884 – 4 September 1979) was an Anglo-American playwright and writer of musical comedies. Born in England and educated in France and the US, he trained as an architect but turned to writing. Bolton preferred w ...
,
Herman J. Mankiewicz
Herman Jacob Mankiewicz (; November 7, 1897 – March 5, 1953) was an American screenwriter who, with Orson Welles, wrote the screenplay for ''Citizen Kane'' (1941). Both Mankiewicz and Welles would go on to receive the Academy Award for Best Or ...
, and
J. Walter Ruben
Jacob Walter Ruben (August 14, 1899 – September 4, 1942) was an American screenwriter, film director and producer. He wrote for more than 30 films between 1926 and 1942. He also directed 19 films between 1931 and 1940. His great-grandson i ...
based upon a play by
Victor Mapes
Victor Mapes (10 March 1870 – 27 September 1943) was an American playwright, stage manager and director.
Life
Victor Mapes was born in New York City on 10 March 1870.
He belonged to an old New York Family.
He attended Columbia University, where ...
and
Winchell Smith
Winchell Smith (5 April 1871 – 10 June 1933) was an American playwright, known for big hit works such as '' Brewster's Millions'' (1906) and '' Lightnin' '' (1918). Many of his plays were made into movies. He spent freely but left a large fort ...
. The film stars
Richard Dix
Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from Old Frankish and is a compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' and ''*hardu-'' 'strong, brave, hardy', and it therefore means 'strong ...
,
June Collyer
June Collyer (born Dorothea Heermance, August 19, 1906 – March 16, 1968) was an American film actress of the 1920s and 1930s.
Early life
Born in New York City, Collyer chose to use her mother's maiden name when she decided to pursue acti ...
,
Morgan Farley
Francis Morgan Farley (October 3, 1898 – October 11, 1988) was an American actor on the stage and in films and television.
Career
His theatrical career began in 1918 in the stage adaptation of Booth Tarkington's ''Seventeen''. He recrea ...
,
Miriam Seegar
Miriam Seegar Whelan (September 1, 1907 – January 2, 2011) was an American actress in silent film and early sound films.
Early life
As the Seegar sisters started acting and singing, Frank Seegar left teaching to open a hardware store in effo ...
,
Winifred Harris
Winifred Vera Emily Harris (17 March 1880 – 18 April 1972) was a British actress with a substantial career in America. She appeared in New York plays beginning in 1914 and acted in numerous plays up to 1934. She left Broadway plays for films tho ...
, and
. The film was released on October 5, 1929, by
Paramount Pictures
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.
Previously filmed as a silent ''
The Boomerang
''The Boomerang'' was a weekly newspaper published in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
History
The newspaper was established by William Lane in 1887, publishing its first issue on 19 November 1887. James Drake, future Attorney-General of Au ...
'' (1925) starring
Anita Stewart
Anita Stewart (born Anna Marie Stewart; February 7, 1895 – May 4, 1961) was an American actress and film producer of the early silent film era.
Early years
Anita Stewart was born in Brooklyn, New York as Anna Marie Stewart on February 7, 18 ...
.
Cast
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Richard Dix
Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from Old Frankish and is a compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' and ''*hardu-'' 'strong, brave, hardy', and it therefore means 'strong ...
as Dr. Gerald Summer
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June Collyer
June Collyer (born Dorothea Heermance, August 19, 1906 – March 16, 1968) was an American film actress of the 1920s and 1930s.
Early life
Born in New York City, Collyer chose to use her mother's maiden name when she decided to pursue acti ...
as Virginia Moore
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Morgan Farley
Francis Morgan Farley (October 3, 1898 – October 11, 1988) was an American actor on the stage and in films and television.
Career
His theatrical career began in 1918 in the stage adaptation of Booth Tarkington's ''Seventeen''. He recrea ...
as Bud Woodbridge
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Miriam Seegar
Miriam Seegar Whelan (September 1, 1907 – January 2, 2011) was an American actress in silent film and early sound films.
Early life
As the Seegar sisters started acting and singing, Frank Seegar left teaching to open a hardware store in effo ...
as Grace Tyler
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Winifred Harris
Winifred Vera Emily Harris (17 March 1880 – 18 April 1972) was a British actress with a substantial career in America. She appeared in New York plays beginning in 1914 and acted in numerous plays up to 1934. She left Broadway plays for films tho ...
as Mrs. Woodbridge
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as Preston DeWitt
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Gale Henry
Gale Henry (April 15, 1893 – June 17, 1972) was an American film actress. A prominent comedian, she appeared in more than 230 films between 1914 and 1933.
In 1923, Gale Henry and her husband, Henry East, began training dogs for motion p ...
as Lucy
References
External links
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Several stillsat c1n3.org (James Whale)
1929 films
1920s English-language films
Silent American comedy films
1929 comedy films
Paramount Pictures films
American black-and-white films
Films directed by Melville W. Brown
Films scored by Karl Hajos
1920s American films
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