You're the Doctor
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You're the Doctor is a 1938 British
comedy film
directed by Roy Lockwood
and starring Barry K. Barnes
, Googie Withers
and Norma Varden
. A young woman pretends to be ill to avoid going on a cruise with her parents but this leads to a series of confusions.
Cinema of the United Kingdom
The United Kingdom has had a major influence on modern cinema. The first moving pictures developed on celluloid film were made in Hyde Park, London in 1889 by William Friese Greene, a British inventor, who patented the process in 1890. It is generally regarded that the British film industry...
comedy film
Comedy film
Comedy film is a genre of film in which the main emphasis is on humour. They are designed to elicit laughter from the audience. Comedies are mostly light-hearted dramas and are made to amuse and entertain the audiences...
directed by Roy Lockwood
Roy Lockwood
Roy Lockwood, was a pioneering British film, television and radio director.-Filmography:*1930 Counterpoint*1934 Airport*1937 The Mutiny of the Elsinore*1940 The Invisible Man Returns*1957 Jamboree-External links:...
and starring Barry K. Barnes
Barry K. Barnes
Barry K. Barnes was a British film actor. He was born in London. He appeared in sixteen films between 1936 and 1947...
, Googie Withers
Googie Withers
Georgette Lizette "Googie" Withers CBE, AO was an English theatre, film and television actress. She was a longtime resident of Australia with her husband, the actor John McCallum, with whom she often appeared.-Biography:...
and Norma Varden
Norma Varden
Norma Varden was an English actress with a long film career in Hollywood.Born in London, the daughter of a retired sea-captain, Varden was a child prodigy. She trained as a concert pianist in Paris and performed in England before deciding to take up acting...
. A young woman pretends to be ill to avoid going on a cruise with her parents but this leads to a series of confusions.
Cast
- Barry K. BarnesBarry K. BarnesBarry K. Barnes was a British film actor. He was born in London. He appeared in sixteen films between 1936 and 1947...
- John Meriden - Googie WithersGoogie WithersGeorgette Lizette "Googie" Withers CBE, AO was an English theatre, film and television actress. She was a longtime resident of Australia with her husband, the actor John McCallum, with whom she often appeared.-Biography:...
- Helen Firmstone - Norma VardenNorma VardenNorma Varden was an English actress with a long film career in Hollywood.Born in London, the daughter of a retired sea-captain, Varden was a child prodigy. She trained as a concert pianist in Paris and performed in England before deciding to take up acting...
- Lady Beatrice - Joan White - Jane
- Gus McNaughtonGus McNaughtonGus McNaughton was an English film actor. He appeared in 70 films between 1930 and 1947.He was born in London and died in Castor, Cambridgeshire.-Selected filmography:* Children of Chance...
- Kemp - Paul BlakePaul BlakePaul Blake is the current Chairman of the British Basketball League, succeeding Vince Macaulay-Razaq in 2006, as well as working as the current Managing Director of the Newcastle Eagles basketball franchise....
- Reggie Bissett - James HarcourtJames HarcourtJames Harcourt was a British character actor. He was born on 20 April 1873 in Headingley, Yorkshire.He started work as a cabinet maker, and drifted into amateur dramatics...
- William Firmstone - Margaret YardeMargaret Yarde-Selected filmography:* Michael and Mary * The Man from Toronto * Matinee Idol * Tiger Bay * Widow's Might * It Happened in Paris * Scrooge * Queen of Hearts...
- Mrs Taggart - Aubrey MallalieuAubrey MallalieuAubrey Mallalieu was an English actor with a prolific career in supporting roles in films in the 1930s and 1940s....
- Vicar - Bruce SetonBruce SetonMajor Sir Bruce Lovat Seton of Abercorn, 11th Baronet , better known as Bruce Seton, was a British actor and soldier....
- Appleby - Eliot MakehamEliot MakehamEliot Makeham , sometimes credited as Eliott Makeham or Elliot Makeham, was an English film and television actor.-Early life and education:He was born Harold Elliott Makeham in 1882, in London, England....
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