Doctor Bull is a comedy film

Comedy film

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 directed by John Ford

John Ford

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, based on the James Gould Cozzens

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 novel The Last Adam. Will Rogers

Will Rogers

William "Will" Penn Adair Rogers was an American cowboy, comedian, humorist, social commentator, vaudeville performer, film actor, and one of the world's best-known celebrities in the 1920s and 1930s....

 portrays a small town doctor who must deal with a typhoid outbreak in the community.

The film was well praised by the New York Times, which noted that the story is similar to Lionel Barrymore

Lionel Barrymore

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's film One Man's Journey

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when it premiered at the Radio City Music Hall

Radio City Music Hall

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 in New York City

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. Andy Devine

Andy Devine

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 met his future wife during the making of this picture.

Cast

• Will Rogers
  Will Rogers
  William "Will" Penn Adair Rogers was an American cowboy, comedian, humorist, social commentator, vaudeville performer, film actor, and one of the world's best-known celebrities in the 1920s and 1930s....
  
   - Dr. George 'Doc' Bull
• Vera Allen - Mrs. Janet 'Jane' Cardmaker, Widow of Charles Edward Cardmaker / Bull's Girlfriend
• Marian Nixon
  Marian Nixon
  -Career:Born Marian Nissinen in Superior, Wisconsin, Nixon began her career as a teen working as a chorus dancer on the vaudeville circuit. She began appearing in bit part in films in 1922 and landed her first substantial role in the 1923 film Cupid's Fireman, opposite Buck Jones. The following...
  
   - May Tupping - Telephone Operator
• Howard Lally - Joe Tupping
• Berton Churchill
  Berton Churchill
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   - Herbert Banning - Janet's Brother
• Louise Dresser
  Louise Dresser
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   - Mrs. Herbert Banning
• Andy Devine
  Andy Devine
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   - Larry Ward, Sodajerk
• Rochelle Hudson
  Rochelle Hudson
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   - Virginia (Muller) / Banning
• Tempe Pigott
  Tempe Pigott
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   - Grandma Banning
• Elizabeth Patterson
  Elizabeth Patterson (actress)
  Elizabeth Patterson was an American film and television character actress remembered for her portrayal of elderly neighbor Matilda Trumbull on I Love Lucy.-Career:...
  
   - Aunt Patricia Banning
• Nora Cecil - Aunt Emily Banning
• Ralph Morgan
  Ralph Morgan
  Ralph Morgan was a Hollywood film, stage and character actor, and the older brother of Frank Morgan .-Early life:...
  
   - Dr. Verney, Owner Verney Laboratory
• Patsy O'Byrne - Susan - Dr. Bull's Cook
• Veda Buckland - Mary - Janet's Maid
• Effie Ellsler - Aunt Myra Bull
• Helen Freeman - Helen Upjohn, New Winton Postmistress