Oh Doctor!

Oh Doctor!
Full film
Directed by Roscoe Arbuckle
Written by Jean Havez
Joseph Anthony Roach
Starring Roscoe Arbuckle
Buster Keaton
Cinematography George Peters
Edited by Herbert Warren
Production
company
Comique Film Company
Distributed by Paramount Pictures
Release date
  • September 30, 1917 (1917-09-30)
[1]
Running time
 23 minutes
Country United States
Language Silent (English intertitles)

Oh Doctor! is a 1917 American two-reel silent comedy film directed by and starring Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle and featuring Buster Keaton.[2]

Plot

As described in Exhibitors Herald, a film magazine,[3] Dr. Fatty Holepoke (Arbuckle) bets all of his money on a horse and loses it. He becomes entangled in the meshes of a vampire (Mann), but when he hears the voice of "his master" (his wife), he finds himself in a serious predicament. With the assistance of a uniform stolen from a policeman, he manages to get away. He tries his luck again with the horses and wins lots of money. However, when he walks down the street his wife relieves him of all of it and leads him home, even though she is half his size.

Cast

Reception

Like many American films of the time, Oh Doctor! was subject to cuts by city and state film censorship boards.

The Chicago Board of Censors required a cut of the scene where a man is pulling a women's skirt up to her knees.[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Knopf, Robert (August 2, 1999). The Theater and Cinema of Buster Keaton. Princeton University Press. p. 180. ISBN 978-0-691-00442-6. Retrieved October 21, 2010.
  2. ↑ "Progressive Silent Film List: Oh Doctor!". silentera.com. Retrieved February 26, 2008.
  3. ↑ "Reviews: Oh Doctor!". Exhibitors Herald. New York: Exhibitors Herald Company. 5 (17): 27. October 20, 1917.
  4. ↑ "Official Cut-Outs by the Chicago Board of Censors". Exhibitors Herald. New York City: Exhibitors Herald Company. 5 (17): 33. October 20, 1917.
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