Is There a Doctor in the House?

Hollywood got rich by selling escape, but the postwar movie cycle aboutpersecuted minorities showed thatgrim truths and touchy subjects pay off, too. By last week themoviemakers had begun peddling a new cycle that some fans might findeven grimmer and touchier. Already on the schedule were films aboutcancer , paraplegia , poliomyelitis , smallpox and leprosy .