Calling Dr. Kildare (1939)

Dr. Gillespie tries to teach Jimmy Kildare a lesson by tossing him into a street clinic. Only Kildare gets called to take a bullet out of a suspected murderer, and when the cops collar him ... See full summary »

Director:

Harold S. Bucquet

Writers:

Harry Ruskin (screen play), Willis Goldbeck (screen play),

Stars:

Lew Ayres, Lionel Barrymore, Laraine Day

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Lew Ayres	...	Dr, James Kildare
Lionel Barrymore	...	Dr. Leonard Gillespie
Laraine Day	...	Mary Lamont
Nat Pendleton	...	Wayman
Lana Turner	...	Rosalie
Samuel S. Hinds	...	Dr. Stephen Kildare (as Samuel Hinds)
Lynne Carver	...	Alice Raymond
Emma Dunn	...	Mrs. Martha Kildare
Walter Kingsford	...	Dr. Walter Carew
Alma Kruger	...	Molly Byrd
Harlan Briggs	...	James Galt
Henry Hunter	...	Harry Galt
Marie Blake	...	Sally
Phillip Terry	...	Bates
Roger Converse	...	Joiner

Storyline

Dr. Gillespie tries to teach Jimmy Kildare a lesson by tossing him into a street clinic. Only Kildare gets called to take a bullet out of a suspected murderer, and when the cops collar him for it, he has to try and prove his patient's innocence, especially for his sister Rosalie's sake.

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Plot Keywords:

hospital | doctor | murder | spy | nurse | 

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Genres:

Crime | Drama

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Certificate:

Approved

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

28 April 1939 (USA)

Also Known As:

Dr. Kildare's Mistake

Filming Locations:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

86 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Sound System)

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Quotes

Dr. Leonard Gillespie: You know we haven't the faintest idea yet what doctors can really do. Why, there's enough money, time and labor lost through illness to pay all the debts on Earth - to say nothing of the tragedy that's caused when some little pay envelope's shy two day's wages. But there's a day coming - I won't live to see it - when man, who didn't ask to be put on this Earth, will be guaranteed by all the resources of the human race his right to health added to his rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of ...

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Connections

Followed by Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant (1942)

User Reviews

Young Dr. K is at it again

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.