{"id":5810,"date":"2008-08-02T09:45:25","date_gmt":"2008-08-02T16:45:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=5810"},"modified":"2020-12-14T16:12:17","modified_gmt":"2020-12-14T23:12:17","slug":"doctor-bull-1933","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=5810","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Bull (1933)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;We&#8217;re ashamed of your goings-on in this town&#8230; It&#8217;s a shame and a scandal in the community!&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/Doctor-Bull-Poster.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/Doctor-Bull-Poster-200x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-57852\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/Doctor-Bull-Poster-200x300.png 200w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/Doctor-Bull-Poster-681x1024.png 681w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/Doctor-Bull-Poster-85x128.png 85w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/Doctor-Bull-Poster-180x270.png 180w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/Doctor-Bull-Poster.png 743w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nA country doctor (Will Rogers) dating a widower (Vera Allen) must endure the mean-spirited gossip of his dissatisfied small-town clients.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Comedy<\/li>\n<li>Doctors and Nurses<\/li>\n<li>John Ford Films<\/li>\n<li>Small Town America<\/li>\n<li>Will Rogers Films<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nIn the first of his three collaborations with director John Ford, famed showman and journalist Will Rogers (the &#8220;most popular actor in America&#8221; in 1934) embodies the homespun persona so beloved by his many fans: a down-to-earth, quick-witted individual who must fight quietly yet insistently against provincialism. His Dr. Bull is a well-meaning, laid-back physician whose refusal to indulge the whims of his small-minded patrons &#8212; or care much about their incessant gossip &#8212; ultimately puts his career in jeopardy; while he eventually &#8220;saves the day&#8221; (in classic Hollywood fashion), he&#8217;s never portrayed as anything other than a three-dimensional, flawed human being. Far from heroic, Dr. Bull is in fact boyish and immature in many ways: he still lives with his elderly aunt, is unable to get serious with his long-time &#8220;acquaintance&#8221; (Allen), and enjoys &#8212; perhaps a bit too much &#8212; tweaking the sensibility of his priggish female neighbors (when passing by a group of churchgoing women standing near a graveyard, he nonchalantly mortifies them by asking, &#8220;What&#8217;re y&#8217;all gathered here&#8230; Whatsa matter &#8212; somebody get out?&#8221;). While <em>Dr. Bull<\/em> is widely considered to be the least of Rogers&#8217; three films with Ford, it will &#8212; naturally &#8212; be of interest to fans of this early American icon.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Will Rogers as Dr. Bull<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/doctor-bull-rogers.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/doctor-bull-rogers.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5812\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, unless you&#8217;re a Will Rogers fan or a John Ford completist. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0023955\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re ashamed of your goings-on in this town&#8230; It&#8217;s a shame and a scandal in the community!&#8221; Synopsis: A country doctor (Will Rogers) dating a widower (Vera Allen) must endure the mean-spirited gossip of his dissatisfied small-town clients. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Comedy Doctors and Nurses John Ford Films Small Town America Will Rogers Films Review: In the first of his three collaborations with director John Ford, famed showman and journalist Will Rogers (the &#8220;most popular actor in America&#8221;&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=5810\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5810","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5810","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5810"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5810\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57853,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5810\/revisions\/57853"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5810"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5810"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5810"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}