You're the Doctor

1938 British film
  • Guy Beauchamp
  • H. F. Maltby
  • Beaufoy Milton
Produced byA. George SmithStarring
  • Barry K. Barnes
  • Googie Withers
  • Norma Varden
CinematographyGeoffrey Faithfull
Production
company
New Georgian
Distributed byBritish Independent Exhibitors' Distributors (UK)
Release date
  • 14 October 1938 (1938-10-14) (UK)
Running time
78 minutesCountryUnited KingdomLanguageEnglish

You're the Doctor is a 1938 British comedy film directed by Roy Lockwood and starring Barry K. Barnes, Googie Withers and Norma Varden.[1] The screenplay concerns a young woman who pretends to be ill to avoid going on a cruise with her parents, which leads to a series of confusions.

It was made at Isleworth Studios.[2]

Cast

  • Barry K. Barnes as John Meriden
  • Googie Withers as Helen Firmstone
  • Norma Varden as Lady Beatrice
  • Joan White as Jane
  • Gus McNaughton as Kemp
  • Paul Blake as Reggie Bissett
  • James Harcourt as William Firmstone
  • Margaret Yarde as Mrs Taggart
  • Aubrey Mallalieu as Vicar
  • Bruce Seton as Appleby
  • Eliot Makeham as Prout

Critical reception

TV Guide called the film a "Strained idea cleverly carried off."[3]

References

  1. ^ "BFI | Film & TV Database | YOU'RE THE DOCTOR (1938)". Ftvdb.bfi.org.uk. 16 April 2009. Archived from the original on 14 January 2009. Retrieved 17 August 2012.
  2. ^ Wood p.99
  3. ^ "You'Re The Doctor".

Bibliography

  • Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
  • Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.

External links

  • You're the Doctor at IMDb Edit this at Wikidata


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