Füge eine Handlung in deiner Sprache hinzuDr. Gillespie's cancer worsens. To make him rest, Kildare refuses to assist him on a study, instead taking a case of hysterical blindness in a millionaire's daughter who could help the hospi... Alles lesenDr. Gillespie's cancer worsens. To make him rest, Kildare refuses to assist him on a study, instead taking a case of hysterical blindness in a millionaire's daughter who could help the hospital financially.Dr. Gillespie's cancer worsens. To make him rest, Kildare refuses to assist him on a study, instead taking a case of hysterical blindness in a millionaire's daughter who could help the hospital financially.
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What made this series a great success was the interrelationships of the characters. Lionel Barrymore is a great Dr. Gillespie, and his relationship with Kildare, with his head nurse, Molly Byrd (Alma Kruger) and Dr. Carew (Walter Kingsford) are lively ones of affection cut with bellowing. Laraine Day is Mary Lamont, who's in love with Kildare, but things haven't really heated up between them yet. She, too, has her moments with Gillespie. At one point while recuperating from a weak spell, he asks her to order him a steak, baked potato and apple pie. Lamont never changes expression, picking up the phone to get him gruel and weak tea.
Though the plot line involving Nancy Messenger is oversimplified and not terribly realistic, this is nevertheless a good episode in the Kildare series. Some trivia - Helen Gilbert, who plays Nancy, in real life was married for one year to gangster Johnny Stompanato, Lana Turner's boyfriend who was killed by her daughter Cheryl.
I don't know anything about this series or these characters to my detriment. This is preceded by two movies in the series and two more stories before MGM. I missed the connection between student and mentor. I get the idea from the movie but not the feeling. Lionel is a lion. Lew Ayres pales in comparison. If it's done today, this would be TV show material. This is fine for pre-TV to have a movie series such as this.
Which consists of being introduced as an eligible young man by Atwill to his daughter and Ayres to start dating her up to observe her behavior from a medical perspective. You know that's going to cause a problem for Ayres because his relationship with nurse Laraine Day who was introduced to the Blair General Hospital staff and the Dr. Kildare series in the previous film.
Best thing about a somewhat silly episode is the performance of Grant Mitchell as a quack doctor who Gilbert gets involved with. The Dr. Feelgood of his time.
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- WissenswertesHer appearance here gives Sara Haden the distinction of having had roles in both of MGM'S longest-running and most popular film franchises. She also played the recurring character of "Aunt Milly" in the "Andy Hardy"" movies. Interestingly, Haden's final screen appearance was a guest shot on the 1960s TV series Stationsarzt Dr. Kildare (1961).
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Sally, Telephone Operator: Oh, diamonds on men are vulgar.
Joe Wayman: I wish I was vulgar...
- VerbindungenFollowed by Dr. Kildare - Auf Messers Schneide (1940)
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