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Sister Kenny (1946)
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10 October 1946 (USA)
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A woman made for love . . . but whose service to humanity became her destiny!
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Elizabeth Kenny, as a young nurse out in the Australian bush discovers an effective treatment for polio...
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Nominated for Oscar.
Another 1 win
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And intriguing, if quirky film
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Cast
(Complete credited cast)| Rosalind Russell | ... | Sister Elizabeth Kenny | |
| Alexander Knox | ... | Dr. Aeneas McDonnell | |
| Dean Jagger | ... | Kevin Connors | |
| Philip Merivale | ... | Dr. Brack | |
| Beulah Bondi | ... | Mary Kenny | |
| Charles Dingle | ... | Michael Kenny | |
| John Litel | ... | Medical Director | |
| Doreen McCann | ... | Dorrie McIntyre | |
| Fay Helm | ... | Mrs. McIntyre | |
| Charles Kemper | ... | Mr. McIntyre | |
| Dorothy Peterson | ... | Agnes |
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116 min
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1.37 : 1 more
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Mono (RCA Sound System)
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Australia:G |
USA:Approved (certificate #11315)
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Factual errors: Whilst addressing a forum of doctors, Sister Kenny is asked whether she remembers the final paragraph of the oath she took to become a registered nurse, and she recounts that paragraph. The real Sister Kenny received no formal nursing training and was not a registered nurse. She enlisted as a nurse in the army in WW1 backed by a letter from a doctor stating she had experience working in a bush hospital and was given the title Sister by the army.
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I like this film, but it's hard to believe that it's set in Australia.
It has a strange idea of what Australia was like in the early 20th century. A bush dance is filled with Scots and Irish folk, and the music is bagpipes?! The accents are mostly British with the exception of the title role, which is played by Rosalind Russell, who has a distinctly American accent. Place names are mispronounced (like "Bris-bane" instead of "Bris-ban" for Brisbane).
And yet, there's a charm to this film. The real Elizabeth Kenny was an outsider who used unorthodox techniques and terminology to treat polio. It didn't cure the condition, but alleviated the symptoms. In the film she resolutely persists in practicing this and opposing the medical establishment, at a cost of her personal life.
Well worth watching.