The Country Doctor
THEY GROW! THEY COO! THEY ACT! THEY LAUGH! THEY PLAY!
1936 | 95m | English
Popularity: 0.2 (history)
| Director: | Henry King |
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| Writer: | Sonya Levien, Charles E. Blake |
| Staring: |
| A doctor has a rough time obtaining the money for his services in a lumber town until he delivers quintuplets. | |
| Release Date: | Mar 12, 1936 |
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| Director: | Henry King |
| Writer: | Sonya Levien, Charles E. Blake |
| Genres: | Drama |
| Keywords | doctor, country doctor, quintuplets, multiple-birth |
| Production Companies | 20th Century Fox |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 03, 2024 Entered: Apr 28, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Jean Hersholt | Dr. John Luke |
| Yvonne Dionne | Yvonne, a Wyatt Quintuplet |
| Annette Dionne | Annette, a Wyatt Quintuplet |
| Cécile Dionne | Cécile, a Wyatt Quintuplet |
| Émilie Dionne | Émilie, a Wyatt Quintuplet |
| Marie Dionne | Marie, a Wyatt Quintuplet |
| June Lang | Mary MacKenzie |
| Slim Summerville | Constable Jim Ogden |
| Michael Whalen | Tony Luke |
| Dorothy Peterson | Nurse Katherine Kennedy |
| Robert Barrat | MacKenzie |
| Jane Darwell | Mrs. Graham |
| John Qualen | Asa Wyatt |
| Frank Reicher | Dr. Paul Luke |
| Montagu Love | Sir Basil Crawford |
| David Torrence | Governor General |
| George Chandler | Greasy |
| Helen Jerome Eddy | Mrs. Ogden |
| Aileen Carlyle | Mrs. Wyatt |
| George Meeker | Dr. Wilson |
| J. Anthony Hughes | Mike |
| William Benedict | The Gawker |
| Stanley Blystone | Logger (uncredited) |
| Sven Hugo Borg | Logger (uncredited) |
| Harry C. Bradley | Clergyman (uncredited) |
| Richard Carlyle | Bishop (uncredited) |
| Horace B. Carpenter | Townsman (uncredited) |
| Mary Carr | Woman with Baby Clothes (uncredited) |
| William Conlon | Peg-leg Walter (uncredited) |
| Harry Cording | Logger (uncredited) |
| Gino Corrado | Logger (uncredited) |
| Sidney D'Albrook | Townsman (uncredited) |
| John Dilson | City Editor (uncredited) |
| James Dime | Townsman (uncredited) |
| Margaret Fielding | Sir Basil's Secretary (uncredited) |
| Jeanne Hart | Girl (uncredited) |
| Harry Harvey | Reporter (uncredited) |
| Payne B. Johnson | Boy with Quintuplets (uncredited) |
| Tom Kennedy | Logger (uncredited) |
| Claude King | Toastmaster (uncredited) |
| Wilfred Lucas | Proprietor (uncredited) |
| Margaret Mann | Townswoman (uncredited) |
| Tom McGuire | Dinner Guest (uncredited) |
| Paul McVey | Mark, a Logger (uncredited) |
| Edward McWade | Newspaper Editor (uncredited) |
| William H. O'Brien | Waiter in Restaurant (uncredited) |
| Dillon Ober | Piano Player (uncredited) |
| Garry Owen | Jerry (uncredited) |
| Thomas Pogue | Townsman (uncredited) |
| Patricia Reel | Child (uncredited) |
| Kane Richmond | Logger Paying Doctor (uncredited) |
| Florence Roberts | Grandmother (uncredited) |
| Joe Sawyer | Joe, the Logger Lifting Log (uncredited) |
| Phillips Smalley | Man on Dais (uncredited) |
| Marvin Stephens | Ham Radio Operator (uncredited) |
| Harry Strang | Logger (uncredited) |
| Monte Vandergrift | Townsman (uncredited) |
| Delmar Watson | Oldest Wyatt Boy (uncredited) |
| Cecil Weston | Mother of Dying Girl (uncredited) |
| Charles C. Wilson | George the Boat Captain (uncredited) |
| Harry Wilson | Married Logger (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| John F. Seitz | Director of Photography |
| Henry King | Director |
| Sonya Levien | Screenplay |
| Daniel B. Clark | Director of Photography |
| Charles E. Blake | Story |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| 2024 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 2 |
| 2024 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 1 |
| 2024 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 1 |
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| 2024 | 11 | 4 | 18 | 1 |
| 2024 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| 2025 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
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| 2025 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2025 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Trending Position
The first of three films with the Fab Five, this also launched a series for Hersholt, who plays the wise, dedicated doctor. As ‘Dr. Christian’ he would become a welcome figure, dispensing comforting wisdom to those in need. The running time is filled out by an uncompelling subplot about reckless avi ... ator Whalen’s wooing of Lang, to the chagrin of gruff father, Barrat. Director King was an old hand at depicting idyllic scenes of hard country life, so handles the atmosphere expertly. The Quints arrive eventually for some candid scenes of their early domestic life. Unashamedly sentimental, this wowed audiences when released, it does show some of the hysterical carnival-like atmosphere that the births spawned as reporters, sightseers and religious figures convened on the little shack in the woods, hoping for a glimpse of children.