Summary The rise and fall of the notorious Dr. Max Jacobson of New York, who treated hundreds of celebrities including President Kennedy, Marilyn Monroe, Truman Capote and Tennessee Williams, but who lost his medical license in 1975 for inappropriately administering amphetamines -- 'speed.' Jacobson was perhaps the original 'Dr. Feelgood.' The German-born physician's euphoria- and energy-producing needles were an international fad with the famous for decades, despite some deaths. The director (a patient of Dr. Jacobson as a child) interviewed Jacobson's daughter, former patients, a famed pathologist who performed a key autopsy that helped bring down Jacobson. The late singer Eddie Fisher delivers audio book memories of a 37-year addiction. Jacobson was done in by changing times and an expose by the New York Times. View more details
Directed : Martin Kasindorf
Written : Unknown
Stars : John Cullum Jill Jacobson Max Jacobson Boyce Rensberger
Genres : History Biography Documentary
Release date : Aug 23, 2023
Countries of origin : United States
Language : English
Summary The rise and fall of the notorious Dr. Max Jacobson of New York, who treated hundreds of celebrities including President Kennedy, Marilyn Monroe, Truman Capote and Tennessee Williams, but who lost his medical license in 1975 for inappropriately administering amphetamines -- 'speed.' Jacobson was perhaps the original 'Dr. Feelgood.' The German-born physician's euphoria- and energy-producing needles were an international fad with the famous for decades, despite some deaths. The director (a patient of Dr. Jacobson as a child) interviewed Jacobson's daughter, former patients, a famed pathologist who performed a key autopsy that helped bring down Jacobson. The late singer Eddie Fisher delivers audio book memories of a 37-year addiction. Jacobson was done in by changing times and an expose by the New York Times. View more details
Genres : History Biography Documentary
Release date : Aug 23, 2023
Countries of origin : United States
Language : English
