Dental Follies(1937)

Dental Follies is a silent comedy that blurs the line between medicine and entertainment. A dentist sets up his drilling chair inside a nightclub, where he treats his patient's dental pain with an unconventional remedy: a steady stream of vaudeville performances. The absurd premise allows for slapstick humor and variety acts that distract from the dental work underway. As the patient endures both the dentist's tools and the chaos of live entertainment, the film mines comedy from the collision of professional procedure and theatrical spectacle. The result is a lighthearted romp that captures the spirit of early cinema's embrace of surreal, anarchic humor and music hall traditions.