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24 November 1939 (USA)
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Dr. Gillespie's cancer has gotten worse, and to force him to take a rest instead of pursuing a sulfa-drug/pneumonia study...
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(in credits order) (verified as complete) | Lew Ayres | ... | Dr. James 'Jimmy' Kildare |
 | Lionel Barrymore | ... | Dr. Leonard Barry Gillespie |
 | Lionel Atwill | ... | Paul Messenger |
 | Helen Gilbert | ... | Nancy Messenger |
| Nat Pendleton | ... | Joe Wayman |
 | Laraine Day | ... | Nurse Mary Lamont |
| Sara Haden | ... | Nora |
| Samuel S. Hinds | ... | Dr. Stephen Kildare |
| Emma Dunn | ... | Mrs. Martha Kildare |
| Walter Kingsford | ... | Dr. S.J. Carew |
 | Grant Mitchell | ... | John Xerxes Archley |
| Alma Kruger | ... | Head Nurse Molly Byrd |
| Robert Kent | ... | Charles Herron |
| Marie Blake | ... | Sally, Telephone Operator |
| Martha O'Driscoll | ... | Mrs. Roberts |
| Nell Craig | ... | Nurse 'Nosey' Parker |
| George Reed | ... | Conover |
| Frank Orth | ... | Mike Sullivan |
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| Walter Baldwin | ... | Finch (uncredited) |
 | Don 'Red' Barry | ... | Collins, Intern (uncredited) |
| George Chandler | ... | Pay Orderly (uncredited) |
| Tom Collins | ... | Dr. Joiner (uncredited) |
| Alec Craig | ... | Telephone Repair Man (uncredited) |
| Byron Foulger | ... | Hospital Attendant (uncredited) |
| Mitchell Lewis | ... | Adam, Nora's Gardener (uncredited) |
| Matt McHugh | ... | Messenger's Chauffeur (uncredited) |
| Emory Parnell | ... | Policeman on Gaylor Ave. (uncredited) |
| William Tannen | ... | Bates, Inturn (uncredited) |
| Joe Yule | ... | Lunch Room Counterman (uncredited) |
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| Harold S. Bucquet | |||
Writing credits(in alphabetical order) | ||
| Max Brand | story | |
| Willis Goldbeck | writer | |
| Harry Ruskin | writer | |
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| Lou L. Ostrow | .... | producer (uncredited) | |
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| David Snell | |||
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| Alfred Gilks | |||
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| Frank E. Hull | (as Frank Hull) | ||
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| Cedric Gibbons | |||
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| Edwin B. Willis | |||
Production Management | |||
| Charles Stallings | .... | unit manager (uncredited) | |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director | |||
| Charles Dorian | .... | second unit director (uncredited) | |
| Horace Hough | .... | assistant director (uncredited) | |
Art Department | |||
| Randall Duell | .... | associate art director | |
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| Douglas Shearer | .... | recording director | |
Costume and Wardrobe Department | |||
| Dolly Tree | .... | wardrobe | |
Other crew | |||
| Frank Clarke | .... | pilot (uncredited) | |
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- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1939) (USA) (theatrical)
- VCI Home Video (1999) (USA) (VHS)
- Hollywood's Best (2005) (USA) (DVD)
- Hollywood's Best (2005) (USA) (VHS)
- Roan Group, The (2006) (USA) (DVD)
- Better Television Distribution (2006) (worldwide) (TV)
- Loew's
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84 min
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Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
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Sally, Telephone Operator:Oh, diamonds on men are vulgar.
Joe Wayman:I wish I was vulgar...
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Joe Wayman:I wish I was vulgar...
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Followed by Dr. Kildare's Strange Case (1940)See more »
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In real life if Donald Trump had a daughter like Helen Gilbert with all kinds of ailments we would be catering to her I have no doubt the way Walter Kingsford as head of Blair General Hospital is catering to Gilbert's father Lionel Atwill. Of course Kingsford turns the problem over to Lionel Barrymore who in turn gets Lew Ayres to do the actual work.
Which consists of being introduced as an eligible young man by Atwill to his daughter and Ayres to start dating her up to observe her behavior from a medical perspective. You know that's going to cause a problem for Ayres because his relationship with nurse Laraine Day who was introduced to the Blair General Hospital staff and the Dr. Kildare series in the previous film.
Best thing about a somewhat silly episode is the performance of Grant Mitchell as a quack doctor who Gilbert gets involved with. The Dr. Feelgood of his time.