Oh What a Nurse!

Sun, 24 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Sydney Chaplin, the talented brother (and business manger) of Charlie Chaplin, had scored a hit in the female-impersonation comedy Charley’s Aunt, prompting Warner Bros. to cast him in another “drag” epic, Oh! What a Nurse. Chaplin is cast as newspaper reporter Jerry Clark, who falls in love with June Harrison (Patsy Ruth Miller), only to lose her to fortune-hunting Clive Hurst (Gayne Whitman). Knowing that June is devoted to his paper’s advice-to-the-lovelorn column, Jerry disguises himself as that column’s female author, hoping to dissuade his sweetheart from marrying Clive. Circumstances dictate that Jerry continue his femme masquerade as a hired nurse, leading to one slapstick complication after another. The climax finds our hero posing as yet another woman, this one the head of a bootlegging gang. Oh! What a Nurse was an enormous success, playing to SRO crowds for several weeks.

Jazzmania

Mon, 25 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

This fluffy Mae Murray vehicle was dressed up with a Graustarkian veneer, but in reality it was merely an excuse for the star to wear exotic costumes and perform a few of her famous dance numbers. Jazzmania is a mythical kingdom devoted to dancing and revelry. But the country takes a darker turn when Queen Ninon (Murray) refuses to marry Prince Otto, the pretender to the throne (Jean Hersholt). He begins a revolution and Queen Ninon flees the bombs for the United States, accompanied by a handsome American newspaper reporter, Jerry Langdon (Rod La Rocque). She proceeds to enthrall New York with her dances, but she decides to return to her country and take care of Otto. After soundly deposing him she turns the nation into a republic, introducing it to modern conveniences — Model Ts, for example (but she wisely leaves out the latest American innovation — prohibition). Now that the crown is but a fond memory, Ninon gladly weds Langdon.

Henry Barrows – MRQE

Oh What a Nurse!

Jazzmania