Drama Of Country Doctor At. Regent Theatre
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Every doctor mu." have many incidents occur during ibo li.'r-lime of Ins practice which would make excellent material For dramatic presentations, and many film stories have been founded on actual medical history. “A Man to Remember,” live feature film which opined at she Regent Theatre I owning, and which will bo screened aga.a to-night.. makes no pretension to deal with a great point in medical history Li t i.; eqnlcni u» shew the life of the small town prfcctilioner* working day and night, with no thougb.t of reward and With little monetary return ter his labour. Playing the main rote, F.dwjtml Ellis fights for the people who rely upon him for medical comfort, his only thought being the medical education of his. son and the welfare of the girl left on his doorstop as a baby. He stakes his reputation and skill on a paralysis diagnosis and when suspended is found to have the only area in the district where the epidemic is not spreading. His triumph is not his justification, but his death. Edward Ellis handles the main role with, skill and he receives fine support from Anno Shirley and Lee Bowman.
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Northern Advocate, 13 July 1939, Page 11
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