The Medicine Man (1930 film)

{{short description|1930 film}}

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{{Infobox film

| name = The Medicine Man

| image = Medicine Man poster.jpg

| caption = lobby poster

| director = Scott Pembroke

| producer = {{ubl |Phil Goldstone}}

| based_on = The Medicine Man by Elliott Lester

| writer = {{ubl |Ladye Horton|Eve Unsell}}

| narrator =

| starring = Jack Benny
Betty Bronson
Eva Novak

| music =

| cinematography = {{ubl |Max Dupont |Arthur Reeves}}

| editing = Byron Robinson

| studio = Tiffany Pictures

| distributor =Tiffany Pictures
Gaumont British Distributors (UK)

| released = {{Film date|1930|06|15}}

| runtime = 66 minutes

| country = United States

| language = English

}}

The Medicine Man is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy drama film directed by Scott Pembroke, released by Tiffany Pictures, and starring Jack Benny, Betty Bronson, and Eva Novak.

This was an early role for Jack Benny. After talking pictures took over the silent film, vaudeville died, and Benny and many other comedians went to work in motion pictures.[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0021134 The Medicine Man details], IMDB.com; accessed December 5, 2015. The film was adapted from a play by Elliot Lester.[https://web.archive.org/web/20090213132336/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/42220 The Medicine Man details], ftvdb.bfi.org.uk; accessed December 5, 2015.

A print of The Medicine Man is preserved in the Library of Congress.Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress, p. 114, c. 1978 by The American Film Institute.