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The Medicine Man (1930) is an American Pre-Code comedy film directed by Scott Pembroke, released by Tiffany Pictures, and starring Jack Benny, Betty Bronson and Eva Novak. The son and daughter of a shopkeeper fall in with a traveling medicine man. 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. The film was adapted from a play by Elliot Lester. A print is preserved in the Library of Congress.
Original Release
06/15/1930
US Release
06/15/1930
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Jack Benny | Dr. John Harvey / Dr. John H. Harvey |
| Betty Bronson | Mamie Goltz |
| George E. Stone | Steve (as Georgie Stone) / Steve |
| Tom Dugan | Charley (as Tommy Dugan) / Charley |
| E. Alyn Warren | Goltz / Emil Goltz |
| Eva Novak | Hulda / Hilda |
| Adolph Milar | Peter / Peter Schultz |
| Billy Butts | Buddy / Buddy Goltz |
| Vadim Uraneff | Gus |
| Dorothea Wolbert | Sister Wilson / Miss Wilson |
Directors
Writers
Elliott Lester, Eve Unsell, Ladye Horton
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Jack Benny | Dr. John Harvey / Dr. John H. Harvey |
| Betty Bronson | Mamie Goltz |
| George E. Stone | Steve (as Georgie Stone) / Steve |
| Tom Dugan | Charley (as Tommy Dugan) / Charley |
| E. Alyn Warren | Goltz / Emil Goltz |
| Eva Novak | Hulda / Hilda |
| Adolph Milar | Peter / Peter Schultz |
| Billy Butts | Buddy / Buddy Goltz |
| Vadim Uraneff | Gus |
| Dorothea Wolbert | Sister Wilson / Miss Wilson |
| Caroline Rankin | Hattie |
| Alice Belcher | Woman in Audience |
