Monroe Shaff

The Courageous Dr. Christian

A doctor fights an epidemic that breaks out in the poor section of town and tries to get the rest of the town to help out.

Meet Dr. Christian

The first of six films in the "Dr. Christian" series, starring Jean Hersholt as a small town doctor trying to convince local officials to approve funds for a new hospital.

Bubbling Over

In this all-black short musical comedy, a woman has a husband so lazy she can stick a pin in him without him waking up... but announcing lunch gets him up pretty fast. She's also saddled with a bevy of his lazy relatives. Four more come by and sing as a quartet. After the wife learns they had been traveling men, she advises them to keep traveling and kicks them out...