Calling All Doctors

The second of 2 Chase comedies directed by Charles Lamont, CALLING ALL DOCTORS is not one of the comedian's better COLUMBIA shorts. Charley plays a hypochondriac and germaphobe who's convinced that he is a very sick man. His wife and co-workers, tiring of his antics, dream up a scheme to convince him that he is actually sick!! As the scheme plays out, a wacky sanitarium escapee appears and pretends to be a doctor, confusing both Charley and his conspirators! While amusing in some spots, the comedy comes off as quite predictable. A nice time-waster, but definitely not up to Chase's standards. Lamont would later become the director of Abbott & Costello features.