Dr. Kildare's Victory (1942)

User Rating:

6.2/10   

Director:

W.S. Van Dyke

Writers:

Max Brand (characters)
Joseph Harrington (story)

Release Date:

25 June 1942 (Australia)

Genre:

Drama

Plot Keywords:

Medical | Accident | Sequel | Debutante | Eavesdropping

Cast

Lew Ayres	...	Dr. James 'Jimmy' Kildare
Lionel Barrymore	...	Dr. Leonard Gillespie
Anne Ayars	...	Cynthia 'Cookie' Charles (as Ann Ayars)
Robert Sterling	...	Dr. Donald 'Don' Winthrop
Jean Rogers	...	Miss Annabelle Kirke
Alma Kruger	...	Nurse Molly Byrd
Walter Kingsford	...	Dr. Walter Carew
Nell Craig	...	Nurse Parker
Edward Gargan	...	Orderly Willie Brooks
Marie Blake	...	Sally, Switchboard Operator
Frank Orth	...	Michael 'Mike' Ryan
George Reed	...	Conover (as George H. Reed)
Barry Nelson	...	Samuel Z. Cutter
Eddie Acuff	...	Orderly Clifford Genet
Gus Schilling	...	Orderly Leo Cobb

Also Known As:

The Doctor and the Debutante (UK)

Runtime:

92 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Sound System)

Certification:

USA:Approved (PCA #7850) | USA:Passed (National Board of Review) | USA:TV-G (TV rating)

Company:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Trivia:

Selmer Jackson is in studio records playing "Mr. Baxter", but he was replaced by Charles Trowbridge. Also in studio records as "Mason" was Vinton Hayworth, but he was not seen in the print. The Hollywood Reporter listed Samuel S. Hinds and Emma Dunn in their usual roles as Dr. Kildare's parents, but they were not in the film either. These omissions may have resulted from final cuts, since the preview time listed in Daily Variety was 100 minutes.

Movie Connections:

Followed by Three Men in White (1944)

Dr. Kildare's Victory

This played on TCM earlier this week, and since I had never seen this one, was looking forward to it. I love the DK series, and this one (I think) follows DK's wedding day. I found this one overlong and a bit too fragmented. I miss Nat Pendleton's goofy role, and the Frank Orth restaurant character is very briefly seen. "Cookie" doesn't seem like the kind of girl DK would go for, but she at least gets him interested in women again(ha). Marie Blake (Later 'Grandmama on the Addams family), also known as Blossom Rock and Jeanette McDonald's sister, is in unusual fine form, but her character comes across as annoying instead of funny this time.