Tonight's Movie: Oh, Doctor! (1925) - A Kino Lorber Blu-ray Review

OH, DOCTOR! (1925) is a cute silent comedy recently released on Blu-ray by Kino Lorber.

It's part of a two-film disc which also features POKER FACES (1926) starring Edward Everett Horton and Laura La Plante. Both films were directed by Harry A. Pollard.

I quite enjoyed the silent comedies in Kino Lorber's three-film Reginald Denny Collection a couple of years ago, which interested me in trying out OH, DOCTOR!

Denny plays Rufus Billings Jr., who has been coddled since his premature birth. Hypochondriac Rufus stays with his Aunt Blanche (Lucille Ward), where he's also swindled out of his large future inheritance by three schemers (Otis Harlan, William V. Mong, and Tom Ricketts).

Rufus falls for his pretty nurse, Dolores (Mary Astor), and is inspired to start living a braver life -- though sometimes "foolhardy" is more like it. In turn, Dolores, who comes to love Rupert, concocts a plan to retrieve his future inheritance.

This isn't a great silent comedy by any means, but it's an amusing and enjoyable 63 minutes. Denny is a good comedian, and lovely Astor is so young here, just 18, that she's almost unrecognizable in certain moments.

All in all, it's a fun hour-plus which I was glad I saw, and I'm looking forward to checking out POKER FACES, which will be reviewed here at a future date.  (Update: Here is my review of POKER FACES.)

The movie was shot by Gilbert Warrenton, and Kino Lorber's Blu-ray print looks quite good, especially given the film's age.

The disc includes a commentary track by Adam Nayman. The film's musical score was by Jake Monaco.

Thanks to Kino Lorber for providing a review copy of this Blu-ray set.

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