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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.

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
Running time	66 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

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]

Synopsis

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

External links

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

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