Dr. Kildare: The wedding day

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Movie
German title Dr. Kildare: The wedding day
Original title Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1941
length 84 minutes
Rod
Director Harold S. Bucquet
script Harry Ruskin ,
Willis Goldbeck
music Bronislau caper
camera George J. Folsey
cut Conrad A. Annoying
occupation

as well as without mentioning in the opening credits: Ernie Adams , Olive Blakeney , Ralph Byrd , Connie Gilchrist , Halliwell Hobbes , Selmer Jackson , Cathy Lewis and Gus Schilling

synchronization

Dr. Kildare: The Wedding Day (Original title: Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day ) is an American film drama in black and white from 1941. Directed by Harold S. Bucquet . The script was written by Harry Ruskin and Willis Goldbeck . The leading roles were played by Lew Ayres , Lionel Barrymore and Laraine Day . Dr. Kildare: The Wedding Anniversary is the eighth Dr. Kildare series by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer .

action

The wedding of Dr. James Kildare and the nurse Mary Lamont are imminent. Preparations are already underway at Blair General Hospital in New York . The departure of the bridal couple to Dartford, Dr. Kildare's hometown, where the wedding is to take place, is delayed several times. After the two are finally gone, Dr. Kildare's mentor, diagnostician Dr. Leonard Gillespie, a concert with the famous conductor Constanzo Labardi. But Labardi seems somehow distracted during the concert; he suspects a medical problem. Therefore, after the concert, he lets himself be brought into the conductor's cloakroom and speaks to him about it. The latter reluctantly admits that his hearing is getting worse and that he is afraid of becoming deaf. He agrees to be treated secretly at the Blair General.

Dr. Gillespie tries to use Constanzo Labardi's treatment as a pretext for a planned stay as a patient in the hospital of the cancer specialist Dr. Lockberg cancel. He then calls Dr. Kildare and ask him to use his influence on Dr. To assert Gillespie, otherwise he would have to withdraw from treatment. Dr. Kildare then leaves his wedding preparations and returns to Blair General Hospital. There he succeeds in finding Dr. To persuade Gillespie to start treatment, he has to help him with the treatment of Constanzo Labardi. So he has to leave the wedding preparations entirely to his future wife, he can't even come to his own bachelorette party in Mike Ryan's restaurant. Mary Lamont wants to represent him there. On the way there she runs into a pickup truck and is admitted to Blair General Hospital, seriously injured. Dr. Kildare and Dr. Gillespie, who have now completed the first examinations on Constanzo Lombardi and sent him on a month-long vacation, return to the hospital. Dr. Kildare immediately rushes to Mary's bedside and can speak to her briefly before she dies. He then withdraws from the hospital, and Dr. Gillespie starts his cancer treatment.

On the last day of his four-week stay at Dr. Lockberg's clinic receives Dr. Gillespie received a call from Dr. Kildare's father. He is worried about his son, who has not reported to the clinic the entire time. Then Dr. Gillespie Dr. Kildare into the house where he was born. There he tells him about his childhood sweetheart Cornelia Bartlett, who was a talented piano player and composer. However, she became seriously ill and soon died without Dr. Gillespie could help her. So he wanted to give up his medical career, but luckily his mentor, the famous Walter Reed , stopped him . Dr. Kildare should now return to medicine, where he can make a difference. He refuses, but can be persuaded to return to the clinic for a week. During this time, Dr. Kildare that the impending deafness of Constanzo Labardis is caused by improper nutrition. Labardi is healthy again in time for a radio concert that has been planned for a long time. There he plays Tableau Rose with his orchestra , which was composed by Cornelia Bartlett and which Dr. Gillespie acted during treatment. Dr. Kildare will continue to work at Blair General Hospital under Dr. Gillespie work.

background

The story on which the script is based was written by Lawrence Bachmann and Ormond Ruthven , according to the opening credits of the film . This is the first Dr. Kildare film whose story was developed without Max Brand . Ormond Ruthven, who was actually a sound engineer, is said to have only sold "an original" to MGM. An alternate title for the film is Mary Names the Day .

Occupation and technical staff

Lionel Barrymore , who has written several pieces of orchestral music, received music credit for Tableau Rose , which is attributed to Cornelia Bartlett in the film . At the end of the film, the Dr. Gillespie Dr. To Kildare that he had helped Cornelia a little with the composition.

The then aspiring young comedian Red Skelton made his second and final appearance in the series in this film.

For the production design in Dr. Kildare: The wedding day was Cedric Gibbons and Edwin B. Willis responsible. The costumes came from Robert Kalloch .

Laraine Days exit

Laraine Day was little known when she and Dr. Kildare: Under suspicion when Mary Lamont got on the show. But through the series, and also through other films that she had made in the meantime, she was better known and then voted the most hopeful young star by 12,000 cinema owners. It is unclear whether the impetus came from herself or from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer . In any case, she should be a star and had to leave the series. Another reason given was that MGM wanted to make room for the young actresses Donna Reed and Ann Ayars .

The death of Mary Lamont caused great resentment in the audience, as did the way she died. Critics were also shocked. Laraine Day, who was rather relieved to be rid of the role and the limitations that came with it, was approached many years later by fans who wanted to tell her how much they were affected by Mary Lamont's death. As a consolation for the audience, MGM soon released the film Shadows by the Window , in which Laraine Day and Lew Ayres played the lead roles. It was planned to make a series out of it, but it didn't materialize.

However, the career of Laraine Days was not promoted by this exit. Five years later she asked to terminate her contract with MGM; she never felt like the first choice for a role. Myrna Oliver named the role of Mary Lamont as the most famous in her obituary for Laraine Day.

Filming

The production of Dr. Kildare: The wedding anniversary ran from June 2 to 23, 1941. The film was shot in the MGM studios.

synchronization

The synchronization of Dr. Kildare: The wedding anniversary was held in 1991 by Interopa Film GmbH in Berlin . The dialogue was directed by Hagen Mueller-Stahl , the dialogue script by Katrin Blass.

role actor Voice actor
Dr. James Kildare Lew Ayres Udo Schenk
Dr. Leonard Gillespie Lionel Barrymore Hans W. Hamacher
Mary Lamont Laraine Day Ulrike Möckel
Vernon Briggs Red Skelton Lutz Riedel
Molly Byrd Alma Kruger Christine Gerlach
Dr. Stephen Kildare Samuel S. Hinds Friedrich W. Building School
Constanzo Labardi Nils Asther Peter Matic
Dr. Walter Carew Walter Kingsford Jürgen Thormann
Martha Kildare Emma Dunn Christel Merian
Dr. Lockberg Miles Mander Harry Wüstenhagen
Nosy Parker Nell Craig Helga Lehner
Mike Ryan Frank Orth Friedrich G. Beckhaus
Sally Green Marie Blake Margot Rothweiler

Premiere

Dr. Kildare: The Wedding Anniversary premiered on August 22, 1941 and was distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer . The German premiere was on September 9, 1991 on the ARD television program . This is the last (in terms of production order) film in the film series, which was shown on ARD in 1991.

reception

Reviews

Contemporary reviews

The contemporary reviews were mostly concerned with MGM's studio policy of removing Laraine Day from the series. TS told the New York Times that they "probably made the best of this situation." So they would have Laraine Day "led to the doors of the cinema heaven, where A-films are made and stardom lies". In the Variety , the choice of words was a bit rougher: the studio policy had decided to take Laraine Day out of the series, and this result was achieved by the story that was published “without any further considerations”. The death of Mary Lamont came very suddenly and was not told particularly well. The critics of Harrison's Reports saw no alternative to the character's death given the studio's plans. Otherwise the series would have been damaged, and so one could work with the sympathies of the audience. The Motion Picture Reviews said it might have been necessary to get Laraine Day off the show. Nevertheless, it is shocking to get rid of the figure in this way.

Otherwise it is complained that the story is told incoherently. How the series will develop without the romantic part will depend on the next two or three parts. The proportion of humor is quite good, especially the suitcase scene with Red Skelton , which would be better off in a film without the many painful and tragic events. In Harrison's reports , however, it was said that the film kept the quality standards of the series and was just as exciting, interesting and romantic as the other films.

The people involved are hardly mentioned in the reviews. Harold S. Bucquet make the most of the incoherent script.

Modern reviews

In his review, Paul Mavis is pleased that at last really tragic elements can be seen in the film, tragedy with serious emotional consequences for the characters. And he wonders why there aren't more cases like this in the series. In contrast, he considers the story with Costanzo Labardi to be superfluous. He also criticizes Lew Ayres, who cannot convincingly play mourning. Lesley L. Coffin, on the other hand, says in his biography about Lew Ayres that he plays so believably that it hurts to watch. Leonard Maltin found the episode "surprisingly dark" and Cinema only said that the film "[m] should be called 'Kildare's saddest day'!"

Web links

Individual evidence

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  2. ↑ a b c “Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day ”with Lew Ayres, Lionel Barrymore and Laraine Day . In: Harrison's Reports . August 30, 1941, p.  139 (English, online at Archive.org [accessed February 6, 2020]).
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