Dr. Kildare's Victory

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Movie
Original title Dr. Kildare's Victory
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1942
length 92 minutes
Rod
Director WS Van Dyke
script Harry Ruskin ,
Willis Goldbeck
music Lennie Hayton
camera William H. Daniels
cut Frank E. Hull
occupation

as well as without mentioning in the opening credits: William Bailey , Barbara Bedford , Frank Faylen , Mary Field , Sylvia Field , Kirby Grant , Edward Hearn , Howard M. Mitchell , William H. O'Brien , Anne O'Neal , Grace Stafford , William Tannen , Charles Trowbridge , Bryant Washburn and Gayne Whitman

Dr. Kildare's Victory is a US-based film drama in black and white led 1942. Director from the year WS Van Dyke . The script was written by Harry Ruskin and Willis Goldbeck based on a story by Joseph Harrington . The leading roles were played by Lew Ayres , Lionel Barrymore and Ann Ayars . Dr. Kildare's Victory is the ninth film by Dr. Kildare series by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer .

action

Dr. James Kildare, a doctor at Blair General Hospital in New York , and the resident Dr. Donald Winthrop, the Dr. Kildare wants to save a baby whose parents had already lost hope during a mission. Before Dr. Kildare is still doing final examinations, he sends Dr. Winthrop and the ambulance back to the hospital. On the way there, Dr. Winthrop and the driver meet a crowd around the seriously injured It-Girl Cynthia "Cookie" Charles. She has a broken glass in her heart, so Dr. Winthrop told the driver to take her to Blair General Hospital immediately. Despite the warning, he ignored that, according to an agreement between the two hospitals, the injured should be brought from there to the somewhat closer Emerson Hospital. Although Dr. Saving Kildare Cookie with a long and difficult operation, Dr. Winthrop has problems with management as Emerson Hospital protests. To make an example, he should be dismissed. Dr. Kildare and his mentor, Dr. Leonard Gillespie try in vain to prevent this. Dr. Winthrop then decides to open his own practice, even if he doesn't know how to finance it. That's why he wants to forego his planned engagement to the nurse Annabelle Kirke. However, she does not want to accept that and offers him her savings. The two could live on their salary as nurses. Nevertheless, Dr. Kildare the recovering cookie, her impact on hospital administration for Dr. Winthrop assert.

Shortly afterwards, a taxi driver arrives at the Blair General's reception with an injured man who had been admitted to the Emerson Hospital area. Annabelle Kirke, who happens to be present, calls an ambulance to take the injured person to Emerson, but the taxi driver insists on driving there himself. But the injured dies on the way. Although it turns out that he could not have been saved, Annabelle Kirke is also to be released because of it. Now Dr. Kildare to Mr. Johnson, a journalist whose daughter he has just cured, and tells him the story with a request that it be published. The question of territory between the Blair General and the Emerson should also be mentioned. Mr. Johnson wants to get the story in the paper he works for, but the editorial team doesn't publish the story and instead checks with the Blair General.

Now Dr. Kildare at risk of being fired. Therefore, Dr. Gillespie Cookie about getting the story published in another newspaper. He also incorporates into this article that the Blair General and the Emerson have made a better deal about the distribution of the injured and that Dr. Winthrop and Annabelle Kirke were reinstated. In a conversation he said that the hospital would follow these announcements. Cookie, on the other hand, is determined to keep looking after Dr. Kildare to endeavor.

background

A working title from Dr. Kildare's Victory was The Inside Story .

Occupation and technical staff

Even if at the time of Dr. Kildare's Victory no one suspected, this was the last film in the series with Lew Ayres and thus also the last with the character of “Dr. Kildare ”. Ann Ayars first appeared in a feature film. She had previously had a role in the 45-minute film Siesta from 1941.

The participation of Selmer Jackson in the film was announced, and he is also found in several cast lists for it. However, he was replaced at short notice by Charles Trowbridge . Also, Samuel S. Hinds and Emma Dunn were in their roles as Dr. Kildare's parents announced. Your roles probably fell victim to the final cut; the film was originally supposed to last 100 minutes.

For the production design in Dr. Kildare's Victory were Cedric Gibbons and Edwin B. Willis responsible. The costumes came from Kalloch .

Filming

The production of Dr. Kildare's Victory ran from the beginning of October to October 18, 1941. The film was shot in the MGM studios.

Premiere

Dr. Kildare's Victory premiered in New York City on February 4, 1942 and was distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer . There was no German version of the film.

reception

Reviews

The contemporary critics found Dr. Kildare's Victory is not particularly remarkable. The film is listless and it lacks motivation. He is too talkative and too erratic. The story is stupid and complicated. It is more about the events in the hospital than medical cases as before. The film focuses too much on the scientific and neglects the story about it. There is nothing special about this film that is not as interesting as previous episodes of the series. It is touching that MGM is so friendly with Dr. Kildare during his mourning, but the audience will not mourn forever.

Bosley Crowther liked the pretty and straightforward figure of Cookie and said that it went well with the other characters. The Variety critic, on the other hand, said that, at least so far, it was not effective as a replacement for Mary Lamont, but that could still be. The acting performances were rated as good. So was Robert Sterling promising, but had to be sanded. Jean Rogers and Alma Kruger also stand out from the cast.

Paul Mavis finds the film unfocused and the story splintered. Ann Ayars is a delight, but Lew Ayres seems distracted. The worst thing is that the role of Dr. Gillespie is much too small, they want to see Lionel Barrymore right now . Leonard Maltin awards 2.5 out of 4 points without any further explanation.

Boycott of films with Lew Ayres in the spring of 1942

When it became clear in January 1942 that Lew Ayres would soon be called up for military service, he applied for a job in the medical service, which was rejected. He then decided to refuse military service . When this became publicly known in early April, hundreds of cinemas withdrew all films with Lew Ayres from their programs. The Boston City Council passed an unanimous vote that any cinema showing a film with Lew Ayres should lose its license. This particularly affected Dr. Kildare's Victory , as the film was regularly showing in most theaters at the time. After Lew Ayres was accepted into the army medical service soon after, the film returned to some cinemas.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Dr. Kildare's Victory (1942). In: AFI Catalog. American Film Institute , accessed February 24, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Dr. Kildare's Victory (1942) - Trivia. In: Turner Classic Movies . Retrieved February 24, 2020 .
  3. ↑ a b c d Bosley Crowther : THE SCREEN; New Heart-Interest in Life of Hero Feature of Film 'Dr. Kildare's Victory 'Now at the Loew's Criterion . In: The New York Times . February 5, 1942 ( online on the New York Times pages [accessed February 24, 2020]).
  4. ↑ a b c d e Dr. Kildare's Victory . In: Variety . December 3, 1941, p.  8 (English, online at Archive.org [accessed February 24, 2020]).
  5. ↑ a b c “Dr. Kildare's Victory ”with Lew Ayres, Lionel Barrymore and Ann Ayars . In: Harrison's Reports . December 6, 1941, p.  194 (English, online at Archive.org [accessed February 24, 2020]).
  6. ↑ Dr. Kildare's Victory . In: The Women's University Club in the American Association of University Women (Ed.): Motion Picture Reviews . February 1942, p.  4–5 (English, online at Archive.org [accessed February 24, 2020]).
  7. ^ Paul Mavis: Dr. Kildare Movie Collection (Warner Archive Collection). In: DVDTalk. January 23, 2014, accessed February 24, 2020 .
  8. ^ Leonard Maltin : Leonard Maltin's Classic Movie Guide . Plume, New York 2015, ISBN 978-0-14-751682-4 , pp.  185 (English).
  9. ^ Lesley L. Coffin: Lew Ayres: Hollywood's Conscientious Objector . University Press of Mississippi, Jackson 2012, ISBN 978-1-61703-637-8 , pp. 96 (English, limited preview in Google Book Search [accessed February 24, 2020]).
  10. ↑ Boston Awaits Mayor Tobin's Okay on Nixing Licenses on Any Theaters Dating Ayres Pix; Hundreds Cancel . In: Variety . April 8, 1942, p.  7 (English, online at Archive.org [accessed February 24, 2020]).
  11. ↑ Ayres in Army; Films Back in Theaters . In: Motion Picture Herald . May 30, 1942, p.  42 (English, online at Archive.org [accessed February 24, 2020]).