Between Two Women (1945)

Red's still being chased by his rich society girlfriend, and while he's dodging her proposals of marriage, he takes the time to cure a nightclub singer of her inability to eat ("... See full summary »

Director:

Willis Goldbeck

Writers:

Max Brand (characters), Harry Ruskin

Stars:

Van Johnson, Lionel Barrymore, Gloria DeHaven

Cast

Credited cast:
Van Johnson	...	Dr. Randall 'Red' Adams
Lionel Barrymore	...	Dr. Leonard B. Gillespie
Gloria DeHaven	...	Edna
Keenan Wynn	...	Tobey
Keye Luke	...	Dr. Lee Wong How aka Dr. Lee
Alma Kruger	...	Nurse Molly Byrd
Walter Kingsford	...	Dr. Walter Carew
Marie Blake	...	Sally
Nell Craig	...	Nurse 'Nosey' Parker
Shirley Patterson	...	Nurse Thorsen
Edna Holland	...	Nurse Morgan
Ralph Brooks	...	Dr. Norman (scenes deleted)
Lorraine Miller	...	Marion
Eddie Acuff	...	Orderly
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Marilyn Maxwell	...	Ruth Edley

Storyline

Red's still being chased by his rich society girlfriend, and while he's dodging her proposals of marriage, he takes the time to cure a nightclub singer of her inability to eat ("neuro-psychological self-starvation"), and to operate on the emergency switchboard operator, who's alarmed everybody by suddenly collapsing.

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Plot Keywords:

switchboard operator | wheelchair | doctor | starvation | hospital | 

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

7 October 1946 (Sweden)

Also Known As:

Beije-me, Doutor!

Company Credits

Production Co:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

83 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Sound System)

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Connections

Follows Calling Dr. Kildare (1939)

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Soundtracks

"I'm in the Mood for Love"
Music by Jimmy McHugh
Lyrics by Dorothy Fields
Performed by Gloria DeHaven

User Reviews

Who's On First?

Van Johnson moves up to top billing in the remnants of the Dr. Kildare series, but don't let that fool you: Lionel Barrymore continues to own every scene he's in and most of those he's not in. This is the next to last in the series, although how they sold it is up in the air: there's nothing to indicate it in the title, and a potential competing doctor is knocked off in the opening dialogue, although Keye Luke shows up as does series regular Alma Kruger as Nurse Molly Bird.

Meanwhile, the fun in this series is looking at the talent on display before it became well known. Van Johnson is pursued by society girl Marilyn Maxwell, made up like Ava Gardner, and cures chanteuse Gloria de Haven by a quick psychoanalytic session before she became a bad girl in the movies. So much for miracle cures. Keenan Wynn shows up as a nightclub mc and that about covers the fun in this movie.