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Directed by Fred Newmeyer, with a story co-written by the great Hal Roach, this Harold Lloyd silent teams the comedian with his future wife, actress Mildred Davis. Davis plays the daughter of a wealthy man (John T. Prince) whose doctor, Dr. Ludwig von Saulsbourg (Eric Mayne), lives (off him) handsomely by telling him that his daughter is sick so that he can treat her. Lloyd is titled character, actually Dr. Jackson, a country doctor who believes that positive thinking, in lieu of drugs, is the best medicine.Lloyd is an excellent physical comedian whose antics frequently involve transportation (automobile or a motorcycle) gags as well as stunts in and around a multilevel building or home. In this film, his character uses both an automobile and a motorcycle, as well as a bicycle, to get to a patient. A couple of times, the doctor actually jumps out of the car and runs alongside it (e.g. to move some cows out of his way) before reentering the vehicle. He rescues a little girl's doll from a well, and catches a little boy pretending to be sick to avoid school; he also helps said boy avoid a spanking. He then cures several seemingly ill patients by involving them in some happy activity to distract them from their woes. He also assists a girl by getting her father out of a card game before he spends his entire week's paycheck. Eventually, he comes to the attention of the "Sick-Little-Well- Girl"'s lawyer ( C. Norman Hammond), who has figured out Dr. Saulsbourg's scam.As is typical, Lloyd's character is smitten with the lead female character. However, her father is not amused with Dr. Jack's infatuation and forbids him to see her again. Not from around there, he is permitted to stay the night, during which a shot is heard and some men report than an Asylum inmate has escaped and is on the loose in the area. This gives Dr. Jack and idea to dress up as the escapee in order to scare Dr. Saulsbourg from the home.Several hilarious sequences follow with Lloyd doing quick changes such that the others in the home believe he's chasing the escaped inmate; a talented dog (a pit bull?) is utilized in many of the scenes. Of course, everything goes as planned and "the boy gets the girl" in the end (I hope I didn't spoil it for you).

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Lloyd's First 60-Minute Original Script

By 1922 comic actor Harold Lloyd had embraced the longer feature film format, a departure from his earlier two-reel shorts. His November 1922's "Dr. Jack," though, was his first scripted movie intentionally designed from its original concept to fill an entire 60 minutes of plot, and more importantly, gags and stunts.Lloyd's two earlier feature films, December 1921's 'A Sailor-Made Man,' and September 1922's 'Grandma's Boy,' both evolved from a script containing only 30 minutes of the actor's antics. The two screenplays were extended from their core plots to fill in another 15 to 30 minutes of action. "Dr. Jack," from its opening minutes follows a young doctor, Lloyd, as he administers understanding, a dose of fresh air with exercise and a healthy diet to his treatments. He stands in contrast to Dr. Ludwig, a firm believer in prescription drugs, closed windows and drapes-and especially no exercise.Dr. Jack is brought in for a second opinion after The Sick-Little-Well-Girl, tenderly acted by Mildred Davis, has been Dr. Ludwig's patient for four long years. The two doctors are naturally at odds before circumstances give Lloyd an idea to break Davis out of her funk. The movie turned out to be a blockbuster hit, earning a top ten box office spot while earning over one million dollars.

Reviewed by jacobs-greenwood 7 / 10

Dr. Jack

1922

Action / Comedy / Romance

Dr. Jack

1922

Action / Comedy / Romance

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Lloyd's First 60-Minute Original Script

Great Harold Lloyd silent comedy by Hal Roach, featuring Mildred Davis

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