Theater of the Mind
The Family Doctor
38 episodes · 1932 · Syndicated · Drama

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Doc Adams, the family doctor of the little town of Cedarton, tends to his neighbors' bodies and their troubles, from runaway children and bank robbers to beauty contests and floods, until a big-city hospital calls him away in the last episode.
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Episodes
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1932
- False Witness
A small-town doctor teaches a patient that the Ninth Commandment matters as much as the Eighth. - Wanted: Bright Youngsters
After a bank robbery, young Johnny Jones turns up at Doctor Adams's office with a bullet wound. - Error in Diagnosis
Griff Miller has a bad heart and an interest payment due on his boathouse, and Doc Adams helps with a check and a quarantine. - Enjoyment
The town drunk is hurt saving a little girl from a circus elephant, and Doc Adams can't save him. - Once to Every Boy
Thirteen-year-old twins try their first cigar. - Cupid Without Wings
Doc Adams prescribes ice cream, delivered by handsome Johnny Kemp, for a young lady. - Glass Houses
Hardware dealer Jess Rankin admits he's an ex-convict, and the newspaper editor is set to blackmail and ruin him. - Race with the Stork
Mrs. Parkins's baby is early and Mr. Parkins isn't home. Has he started drinking again? - Secret Between Three
Seventeen-year-old Duncan Webb is back from reform school with big plans. - The Flood
Ella Mary Bliss is in despair, and then the dam bursts. - The Fatty Brain
Young Chick Harper comes to town, and the overweight police chief is suspicious. - Farewell to Johnny
Johnny Kemp is leaving town, to the dismay of two young ladies. - The Fire Alarm
Doc Adams rescues Junior Windsor from a burning barn, just another quiet evening in Cedarton. - Bison Pete's Revenge
Actor Francois Millay is in town, and he can box as well as act. - The New Home
Joe Stanley and his wife move to town to open a gas station and build a house. - Nature Takes Its Course
Little Esther Guffy runs away again, and Doc pulls her off a railroad trestle ahead of a train. - Tolerance
The town's drama teacher clashes with a real actor; tolerance takes many forms. - The Prospectors
The Maynard twins find gold on Griff Miller's land, the hard way. - All Bets Are Off
Listening to the horse races on the radio leads Chick Harper astray. - Doctor Adams, Detective
Ben Carson is blinded when the bridge he's building collapses. - The Committee Meeting
What should Griff Miller do with his gold mine money? - Pete May, Ambulance Driver
With Doc's car in the shop, Pete's car is no help as an ambulance. - Louder Than Words
The Cedarton newspaper's publisher is in money trouble. - The Carnival
Doc and Mrs. Adams visit a carnival to see the three-headed calf and try the shell game. - Patchwork
Doc's son and his wife visit, and family friction eases when Doc tells a story. - Chick's Date
Chick gets ready for a boating date with Faith Windsor. - The Beauty Contest
Cedarton is holding a beauty contest, and Ella Mary Bliss and Faith Windsor both mean to win. - Casting
Doc Adams is asked to emcee the first Cedarton Beauty Pageant. - The Pageant
The night of the pageant. - The Doctor Goes Shopping
A most unusual grocery list. - House Cleaning
Mrs. Adams plans to clean house the day Doc stays home to do his taxes. - Campaigning
Two political rallies in two different styles, and a grocery bill. - The New Suit
Doc goes for a new suit and ends up with a hideous one. - New York
Mrs. Forest offers Doc Adams an important post at a New York hospital. - Out of Control
A double date for a dance in Dunlap, but first a lesson in handling horses. - The Call
Doc Adams asks Reverend Maynard's advice and decides to take the New York job. - The Decision
Wealthy Marvin comes to Cedarton and gets on Chick's nerves, and Doc has just the prescription. - Farewell
Doc Adams boards the train and leaves Cedarton. The last episode.