Oh, Doctor!
About Oh, Doctor!
Dr. Fatty Holepoke takes his wife and their son Junior to the races, pins the boy so he can sit beside a woman, and loses $1,000 on a horse that runs the wrong way. The woman's partner, Snapper, steals Mrs. Holepoke's necklace. Holepoke hides in a policeman's coat and a fake mustache, his wife gets the necklace back, and Snapper and the woman are arrested. A later bet on a horse named Romeo pays 500 to 1. Still dressed as a cop, Holepoke clears out the betting shop before his wife drags him home.
Cast & crew
More about Oh, Doctor!
Joseph M. Schenck produced the Comique two-reeler, released by Paramount on September 30, 1917. Jean Havez and Joseph Anthony Roach wrote it. George Peters photographed it, and Herbert Warren edited it.
Themes
Preservation
A print is on Wikimedia Commons.
Notes
- Buster Keaton plays the son, Junior Holepoke.
- Al St. John plays Snapper the gambler. Alice Mann is the woman at the track, and Alice Lake plays Snapper's maid.
- The Chicago Board of Censors cut a shot of a man pulling a woman's skirt up to her knees.
- In the film the doctor's address is 31 Cemetery Way.
Scenes
- Holepoke pins Junior's knee so his wife will change seats.
- He puts on a policeman's coat and a fake mustache.
- Dressed as a cop, he walks into the betting shop and the gamblers run.
Also available
- Wikimedia Commons
