I think the original doctor was about a flying doctor. This isn't. I wonder why they did it that way. Maybe they pitched it to Charles Farrell. He's not bad. He's not the film's problem. Errol Flynn wouldn't have fixed this. it's the story. A real this happened then that happened. Farrell travels through Australia. Befriends Joe Valli. Romances Mary Maguire. Abandons her. Has more adventures - works on Sydney Harbour Bridge, watches Don Bradman bat, becomes a wrestler (!). Befriends James Raglan doctor who has this girl. Then he goes mining makes a fortune and becomes blind. Maguire turns up.
Gosh it's weird. Like a magazine serial making it up as it went along. At heart it wants to be a women's picture but they don't know how to make it. Farrell needed a girl to accompany him on his adventures.
Fascinating though.
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