Vera, a hypochondriac, mistakes an escaped lunatic for a physician who can help "cure" her.Vera, a hypochondriac, mistakes an escaped lunatic for a physician who can help "cure" her.Vera, a hypochondriac, mistakes an escaped lunatic for a physician who can help "cure" her.
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Barbara Jo Allen
- Vera Vague
- (as Vera Vague)
George J. Lewis
- Irving M. Vague
- (as George Lewis)
Bobby Burns
- Pallbearer
- (uncredited)
Heinie Conklin
- Pallbearer
- (uncredited)
Slim Gaut
- Phil Graves
- (uncredited)
Bud Jamison
- Dr. A. Curlee Wolf
- (uncredited)
Eddie Kane
- Dr. Martin
- (uncredited)
Johnny Kascier
- Pallbearer
- (uncredited)
Judy Malcolm
- Dr. Martin's Nurse
- (uncredited)
Victor Travis
- Pallbearer Judging Weight
- (uncredited)
John Tyrrell
- Man in Hall
- (uncredited)
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- ConnectionsRemade as She Took a Powder (1951)
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Happily, They Didn't Call For Doctors Howard, Fine And Howard
Vera Vague is a hypochondriac in this Columbia short. After going through the usual Jules White gags like spraying herself with red ink, she winds up thinking madman Jack Norton is a doctor; when he tells her she is going to die, her husband, George Lewis, and friends decide to get her so angry she will give up imaginary illnesses.
It's a remake of Charley Chase's 1937 Columbia short, CALLING ALL DOCTORS. While the first half of this one, set in Vera's office, is pretty standard stuff for director Jules White (i.e., I don't care for it), the latter portions are very good. Bud Jamison, as a doctor who gets his stethoscope mixed up, is an example of the simple slapstick comedian running a gag perfectly.
It's a remake of Charley Chase's 1937 Columbia short, CALLING ALL DOCTORS. While the first half of this one, set in Vera's office, is pretty standard stuff for director Jules White (i.e., I don't care for it), the latter portions are very good. Bud Jamison, as a doctor who gets his stethoscope mixed up, is an example of the simple slapstick comedian running a gag perfectly.
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- boblipton
- Jul 26, 2019
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- Runtime17 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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