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The Love Clinic

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The Love Clinic
Directed byFerd Sebastian
Screenplay byBeverly Sebastian (as Ann Cawthorne)
Produced byFerd Sebastian
Beverly Sebastian
CinematographyFerd Sebastian
Release date
  • 1969 (1969)
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Love Clinic is a 1969 American sex comedy film written, produced, and directed by Beverly Sebastian and Ferd Sebastian.[1][2][3] "It's a great film," said Ferd Sebastian late in his career.[4] However a 1972 article had him refer to it as "strictly drive in" fare.[5]

Premise

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A female urologist and a male obstetrician open clinics in the same building. According to Ferd Sebastian, "They have to tell all of their problems to a computer and the computer talks. And she falls in love with the computer!"[4]

Cast

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  • Marion Cline
  • Jim Carlton

Reception

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The film screened in cinemas in 1969.[6] It also appears to have screened until the title of Marital Fulfilment.[7]

It was "a moderate success" at the box office.[8] The Sebastians said they sold the film to Sumner Redstone and it made "a huge amount of money" in Georgia.[4]

According to Ferd Sebastian the film is hard to access today because "the lab went bankrupt and all the negatives they had were stolen."[9]

References

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  1. ^ "Two filmmakers hit low 'Gator Bait' goal". The Commercial Appeal. 6 November 1973. p. 29.
  2. ^ "Very simple film set for Tallahassee premiere tomorrow". Tallahassee Democrat. 22 May 1975. p. 13.
  3. ^ Free, Erin (6 July 2023). "Unsung Auteurs: Beverly & Ferd Sebastian". Filmink.
  4. ^ a b c "Ferd and Beverly Sebastian". Videscope. Fall 2018. p. 22.
  5. ^ ""The Hitchhikers" - Newest film from husband and wife". The Daily Review. 4 April 1972. p. 6.
  6. ^ "Movie Guide". The Tennessean. 1 June 1969. p. 133.
  7. ^ "Porno Americanus". Daily News. 12 May 1970. p. 52.
  8. ^ "Sebastian productions are a family affair". The Bastrop Daily Enterprise. 10 October 1973. p. 6.
  9. ^ "Interview with Ferd Sebastian from 1999". Mondo Stumpo. 25 November 2007.
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