Three men in white

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Movie
Original title Three men in white
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1944
length 85 minutes
Rod
Director Willis Goldbeck
script Harry Ruskin ,
Martin Berkeley
production Carey Wilson
music Nathaniel Shilkret
camera Ray June
cut George Hively
occupation

and without mentioning in the opening credits: James Burke , George Chandler , Chester Clute , Byron Foulger and Addison Richards

Three Men in White (also written as 3 Men in White ) is an American film drama in black and white from the year 1944. Directed by Willis Goldbeck , the screenplay by Martin Berkeley and Harry Ruskin . The main roles were played by Lionel Barrymore , Van Johnson and Marilyn Maxwell . Three Men in White is the 13th film by Dr. Kildare series by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and the fourth without Dr. Kildare.

action

At Blair General Hospital in New York , Dr. Randall Adams and Dr. Lee Wong Howe, the two candidates for the position of assistant to the renowned Dr. Leonard Gillespie, to an early decision. Since Dr. Gillespie does not want to decide yet, everyone should solve a difficult medical case. Dr. Lee is going to investigate a girl who reacts so violently to sweets that the mother fears for her daughter's life. Dr. Reed is initially not assigned a case, he should be Dr. Accompany Gillespie to a medical forum at the Sherry Plaza Hotel. They come a day late because of a misunderstanding, but outside the hotel they watch a young woman who seems to be drunk and wants to drive away in the car. She is stopped and a police officer tries to arrest her. When she faints, Dr. Adams for her being taken to the Blair General; he promises the policeman to do an alcohol test immediately. The woman just pretended to faint, but doesn't want Dr. Adams finds out her name. So she throws her handbag out of the car. Then she really loses consciousness. As it turns out at the hospital, she was not drunk, her condition came from a pill. Dr. Adams wants to investigate this more closely and succeeds in having this case assigned to him as his task. However, the woman leaves the hospital. Since Dr. Gilliespie's servant Conover has found her handbag, it can be identified as 18 year old Jean Brown.

Jean is fine and she still lives with her parents, like Dr. Adams finds out when he returns her handbag. But she worries very much about her mother. This is immobilized because of arthritis , every attempt to get up is associated with unbearable pain. Thus, Dr. Adams now has the task of helping the mother. There is little he can do about the disease because it is incurable. He gets help from Dr. Lee, when he picks him up from a date in Ruth Edly's apartment, who desperately wants to marry him. This explains to him that Mrs. Brown probably has a significantly shortened leg due to her illness, which is why her spine hurts. Dr. Gillespie now explains to head nurse Molly Byrd why he fears the decision: Both assistants are very good doctors, and he worries about the one he has to refuse.

On the day of the decision, Dr. Lee the result of his work. The girl had a nutritional deficit that he could fix with iron and a few vitamins. Now she can eat sweets again. He is very proud of his achievement, but Dr. Gillespie points out to him that he had helped him with clues. Dr. Adams is gone, however. He left a letter stating that he was Dr. I think Lee is a much better doctor and doesn't want to stand in his way. He wants to leave the city. In the meantime he has found special shoes for Mrs. Brown, which he lets her try out in the presence of her husband and daughter. With these shoes she can walk again without pain. When he leaves the family home, Dr. Gillespie and Conover already on him. Dr. Gillespie offers him the position of assistant, but Dr. Adams refuses and walks away. Dr. Gillespie had also managed to get Dr. Lee is now a lieutenant in the Chinese Army Medical Corps. And he should be part of Dr. Gillespie conduct medical research. Therefore the assistant position is now free for Dr. Adams. With the help of Ruth Edly, who also wants to keep him in New York, and the ambulance driver Hobart Genet, he is brought back to the clinic.

background

Occupation and technical staff

In addition to Marilyn Maxwell was in Three Men in White and Ava Gardner as potential seductress Dr. Adams occupied. As Ava Gardner said later, the two always had to play this as a comedy because of the Hays Office . For Ava Gardner, this was the first major role.

In Three Men in White were missing compared to previous episodes with Nat Pendleton , by Rags Ragland was replaced, and Marie Blake two who have contributed much more to the humor. Marie Blake came back on the show, Nat Pendleton didn't.

For Production Design in Three Men in White were Cedric Gibbons and Edwin B. Willis responsible. The costume designer was Irene .

Filming

The production of Three Men in White ran from November 20, 1943 to January 6, 1944. The film was shot in the MGM studios. The shooting had to be interrupted in mid-December 1943 because Lionel Barrymore , Van Johnson and Willis Goldbeck were sick with the flu . Producer Carey Wilson has been quarantined .

Premiere

Three Men in White premiered in New York on May 26, 1944 . Before the film was released in June 1944, it had already been shown to US soldiers in Europe and the Pacific. The film was distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer . There is no German version of the film.

reception

Reviews

Contemporary reviews

Contemporary critics considered Three Men in White to be a weaker entry in the series, but still believed the film would be successful. Be it because of the pull of the series or because the humor would satisfy the fans. The medical stories are naive and rather uninteresting. The love story is a bit stupid and lacks good taste, which the censors would have to call on the scene. The plot is weak, the dialogues even weaker. Van Johnson and Keye Luke were convincing doctors, but Johnson not so much as lovers. Marilyn Maxwell as a blonde temptation and Ava Gardner as a young woman with problems are both attractive.

Modern reviews

The modern critics said the series was losing more and more of its power. Three Men in White is very little inspired, nothing comes from the director or the scriptwriters in this regard. The authors simply had no more ideas, which could also be seen from the fact that the competition between Dr. Adams and Dr. Lee had already been running for three episodes and would not end in this one either. Still, Craig Butler found the film a pleasure to watch. This is due to the good and lovable cast. Lionel Barrymore is just fun, even if he plays over his role. Paul Mavis interprets the exaggerated portrayal of Barrymore with the meanwhile great popularity of Van Johnson. Barrymore just has to do more to prevail against Johnson. Paul Mavis also misses Nat Pendleton and Marie Blake, two who would have gotten a lot of laughs in the previous films. Leonard Maltin awarded 2 out of 4 points without giving any reason.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Lisa Mateas: Three Men in White (1944) - Articles. In: Turner Classic Movies . Accessed April 13, 2020 (English).
  2. ↑ a b c d Paul Mavis: Dr. Gillespie Film Collection (Warner Archive Collection). In: DVDTalk. November 12, 2014, accessed April 13, 2020 .
  3. ↑ a b c d Three Men in White (1944). In: AFI Catalog. American Film Institute , accessed April 13, 2020 .
  4. ^ Shooting Schedules Upset At Studios By Illness . In: The Film Daily . December 14, 1943, p.  16 (English, online at Archive.org [accessed April 13, 2020]).
  5. ↑ a b c d Three Men in White . In: The Women's University Club in the American Association of University Women (Ed.): Motion Picture Reviews . May 1944, p.  11 (English, online at Archive.org [accessed April 13, 2020]).
  6. ↑ a b c d e Three Men in White . In: Variety . May 3, 1944, p.  23 (English, online at Archive.org [accessed April 13, 2020]).
  7. ^ "Three Men in White" with Lionel Barrymore, Van Johnson, Keye Luke and Marilyn Maxwell . In: Harrison's Reports . May 6, 1944, p.  75 ( online at Archive.org [accessed April 13, 2020]).
  8. ^ A b c Craig Butler: Three Men in White (1944). In: AllMovie . Accessed April 13, 2020 (English).
  9. ^ Leonard Maltin : Leonard Maltin's Classic Movie Guide . Plume, New York 2015, ISBN 978-0-14-751682-4 , pp.  712 (English).