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Calling Dr. Kildare (1939)
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28 April 1939 (USA)
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Dr. Gillespie tries to teach Jimmy Kildare a lesson by tossing him into a street clinic. Only Kildare...
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Young Dr. K is at it again
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(Cast overview, first billed only)| Lew Ayres | ... | Dr, James 'Jimmy' Kildare | |
| Lionel Barrymore | ... | Dr. Leonard Gillespie | |
| Laraine Day | ... | Nurse Mary Lamont | |
| Nat Pendleton | ... | Joe Wayman | |
| Lana Turner | ... | Rosalie Lewett | |
| Samuel S. Hinds | ... | Dr. Stephen Kildare | |
| Lynne Carver | ... | Alice Raymond | |
| Emma Dunn | ... | Mrs. Martha Kildare | |
| Walter Kingsford | ... | Dr. Walter Carew | |
| Alma Kruger | ... | Head Nurse Molly Byrd | |
| Harlan Briggs | ... | James Galt, Dartford Banker | |
| Henry Hunter | ... | Harry Galt | |
| Marie Blake | ... | Sally the Switchboard Operator | |
| Phillip Terry | ... | Intern Bates | |
| Roger Converse | ... | Intern Joiner |
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Dr. Kildare's Mistake (USA) (working title)
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86 min
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1.37 : 1 more
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Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
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Sweden:15 |
USA:Approved (PCA #5215)
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In Calling Dr. Kildare, James Kildare is in even worse trouble than he was in "Young Dr. Kildare." This time, he's gotten involved with a young boy who was shot and is being sought for a murder he says he didn't commit. Kildare helps him and doesn't report the bullet wound to the police. That's one infraction. More heinous than that - he falls hook, line and sinker for Lana Turner! At this point, Jimmy is more or less juggling three women in his noncommittal fashion - except of course he's committed himself to the seductive Turner. There's Alice (Lynne Carver), pining away in Kildare's hometown - where she'll continue to pine - and the very pretty Mary Lamont (Laraine Day) who obviously is interested in him. On top of everything else, he has to deal with the irascible Dr. Gillespie (Lionel Barrymore) - it'll be a few years before he mellows out, and by then, James will have left the hospital.
I liked this one better than the first in the series. It is predicated on a realistic incident - the shooting - not necessarily the doctor sticking his neck out to help. And Laraine Day is a wonderful addition as Mary.
All in all, a good entry into the "Dr. Kildare" series with a future MGM star on hand.