Dr. Christian Meets the Women

I'm sure he'd met some of them before, but in this installment in the series, Jean Hersholt finds his peaceful town invaded by Rod La Rocque. Rod is a huckster of health and fitness. He comes in, sweeps the matrons off their feet, promising them beauty, if they'll only eat raw spinach and lemon for breakfast while he sneaks off to his room to eat pie.

It's a fine performance of oblivious comedy mixed with a dash of uncaring evil. Naturally Dr. Christian objects that the one-size-fits-all plan is risky. He's joined in this objection by Edgar Kennedy. Lelah Tyler, Kennedy's wife, is putting up La Rocque, which means Kennedy must put up with him, his inedible diet and La Rocque's invasion. Kennedy does his slow burn very slowly in this one.

All in all, it's a well-made programmer with some wise old pros in front of and behind the camera: a good way to spend an hour.