By Appointment Only

By Appointment Only

He gave rich women sugar-coated pills of sugar water, patted their hands and solved their marital problems

NR 1933 · 67 min · ★ 6.5 · Drama

When a mother dies of heart failure in a doctor's office, the physician--feeling somewhat guilty because he couldn't save her--takes an interest in the woman's young daughter, and makes her his ward, but his fiancé doesn't particularly like it. After he returns from a three-year engagement in Europe, the doctor discovers that his ward is now a beautiful, full-grown woman, and finds himself falling for her--even though she's engaged to his fiancé's brother.

Directed by Frank R. Strayer · Written by Robert Ellis

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Lew Cody Dr. Michael Travers
Aileen Pringle Diane Manners
Sally O'Neil Judy Carroll
Edward Morgan Richard 'Dick' Manners
Marceline Day Miss Brown
Claire McDowell Mrs. Mary Carroll
Edward Martindel Judge Barry Phelps
Wilson Benge Withers, Butler
Pauline Garon Gwen Reid

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