Meet the Doctor

I saw this film and it came in at about nine minutes. However, the credits (both opening and closing) were not included--which makes me wonder how much else of this film is missing. Considering that IMDb has little information or about the actor (Eddie Lyons) who starred in it, I am left with a ton of questions. I did an internet search, but it told me no more than checking IMDb. Apparently, Lyons appeared in over 300 films and directed more than a hundred--yet today he's practically unknown. He also died while very young in 1926, and tried to find out why, though there isn't much about him on the Net. However, I finally found a site that did explain about his career and his early death--though it had nothing to say about this particular film (http://www.fandango.com/eddielyons/biographies/p185333).

The film is a comedy about a young girl who's in love with Eddie but her father hates him and chases him out of the house. Eddie gets an idea--her father's foot's in a cast (gout?) and he could pretend to be the doctor and sneak back to see the young lady. So, adding a beard and glasses he's the spitting image of the doc. However, when the real doctor appears, chaos ensues.

Compared to other comedies of the time, this one is amazingly subdued and underplayed. While mildly funny, there isn't a whole lot to this film and it's probably mostly of interest to folks like myself who are fans of silent comedy.