https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036763/Required reading:
CALLING ALL DOCTORS (Charley Chase)Two Vera Vague shorts means two remakes of Charley Chase shorts! And once again Vera compares to Charley's performance, but sadly the effects aren't quite as good hear. By effects, I mean obvious stunt doubles (which is still funny though) overall sloppiness. Nevertheless, there are some differences between the two.
Vera handles the opening scene very well and compares to Charley's performance in the original. She is clearly a seasoned pro on line delivery and knows what inflections to give and when to give them. This is important for her. The opening, although the situation presented is slightly different, it's effectively the same.
When Vera goes to the first doctor, the joke with her believing she has a tic is fulfilled with a stream of wolves behind her as she makes her way to the office of... A. Curlee Wolf, who is played by Bud Jamison. Bud, FYI, plays a wolf very well, and puts his hands where few dare in the Hayes code 1940s.
The setup with the fake doctor is exactly the same and done very well. Jack Norton, much like his role as Mr. Walsh in RHYTHM AND WEEP, is the maniac here, and he does well as a harmless madman yet again. He performs his role with perfect polish.
George Lewis and Christine McIntyre make a perfect pair to be Vera's co-stars during the second reel, and the buildup in this one is done better than in the original. Again, it's a far fetched plot, but I can forgive it because it delivers non-stop laughs. But they're both much weaker in the first reel than in the Chase equivalent.
Once again, a superb presentation is made by Jules White's crew.
9/10