Oh! What a Nurse!

1926 film

March 7, 1926 (1926-03-07)

Running time

70 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageSilent (English intertitles)Budget$211,000^[1]Box office$439,000^[1]

Oh! What a Nurse! is a 1926 American silent comedy film directed by Charles Reisner and written by Darryl F. Zanuck. The film stars Sydney Chaplin, Patsy Ruth Miller, Gayne Whitman, Matthew Betz, Edith Yorke, and David Torrence. The film was released by Warner Bros. on March 7, 1926.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Plot

As described in a film magazine review,^[5] newspaper cub-reporter Jerry Clark substitutes for the love expert column writer Dolly Whimple and advises June Harrison not to marry Clive Hunt. Fate compels him to impersonate Dolly and he becomes a violently pursued victim in a hurtling series of events that finally transforms him into a vivacious hurse. In this role he runs against other adventures, hs several hair breadth escapes, but finally emerges from the cross-dressing mix-up triumphant, with June engaged to marry him.

Cast

Sydney Chaplin as Jerry Clark
Patsy Ruth Miller as June Harrison
Gayne Whitman as Clive Hunt
Matthew Betz as Captain Ladye Kirby
Edith Yorke as Mrs. Clark
David Torrence as Big Tim Harrison
Edgar Kennedy as Eric Johnson
Raymond Wells as Mate
Henry A. Barrows as Newspaper editor

Box office

According to Warner Bros records the film earned $370,000 domestically and $69,000 foreign.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Warner Bros financial information in "The William Shaefer Ledger." See Appendix 1, Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television (1995) 15:sup1, 1-31 p 4 DOI: 10.1080/01439689508604551
^ "Oh, What a Nurse (1926) - Overview". TCM.com. Retrieved January 30, 2018.
^ Hal Erickson. "Oh, What a Nurse (1926) - Charles "Chuck" Riesner". AllMovie. Retrieved January 30, 2018.
^ "Oh! What a Nurse!". Catalog.afi.com. Retrieved January 30, 2018.
^ Pardy, George T. (March 6, 1926), "Pre-Release Review of Features: Oh! What a Nurse!", Motion Picture News, 33 (10), New York City, New York: Motion Picture News, Inc.: 1112, retrieved April 2, 2023 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.