I agree with the above reviewer - growing up my Dr. Kildare was Richard Chamberlain but my mother's Dr. Kildare was Lew Ayres. Lew Ayres was perfect as "Jimmy" Kildare - he was so believable as the young, conscientious doctor. Laraine Day was prettily unobtrusive as Nurse Mary Lamont. I also just love Lionel Barrymore's Dr. Gillespie - he is grumpy, cantankerous and "tells it like it is". When asked whether he would like another glass of milk, he snarls "I'm so full of milk now, I'd be afraid to meet a calf"!!! (There is a running joke about milk through the film.) Alma Kruger was also spot on as the efficient Molly Byrd.
In this episode Mary is torn in her affections between Dr. Kildare and brain surgeon Dr. Lane (Sheppard Strudwick), who is unfortunately getting the reputation as the doctor of death as his patients seem to die. Kildare has been offered a job at the Messenger Institute, at a huge salary - he turns it down ( much to Mary's dismay) to work with Dr. Gillespie to become a diagnostician.
He then becomes assistant surgeon to Dr. Lane in an operation. The patient (John Eldredge) lives but develops dementia. Dr. Lane is stood down because the patient had not wanted to be operated on but Kildare (with the help of his father (Samuel S. Hinds) is determined to find out the real cause for the dementia. He decides to give the patient an insulin shot to try to get him to revert back to the past so they can find out what happened on "Friday"!!! (He was babbling about Friday).(It might sound laughable but the movie makes you believe.!!!) It turns out the patient had been separated from his wife for some years and the separation had bought about a stay in a mental institution and Friday was the day they were going to meet.
A very enjoyable entry in the series.
In this episode Mary is torn in her affections between Dr. Kildare and brain surgeon Dr. Lane (Sheppard Strudwick), who is unfortunately getting the reputation as the doctor of death as his patients seem to die. Kildare has been offered a job at the Messenger Institute, at a huge salary - he turns it down ( much to Mary's dismay) to work with Dr. Gillespie to become a diagnostician.
He then becomes assistant surgeon to Dr. Lane in an operation. The patient (John Eldredge) lives but develops dementia. Dr. Lane is stood down because the patient had not wanted to be operated on but Kildare (with the help of his father (Samuel S. Hinds) is determined to find out the real cause for the dementia. He decides to give the patient an insulin shot to try to get him to revert back to the past so they can find out what happened on "Friday"!!! (He was babbling about Friday).(It might sound laughable but the movie makes you believe.!!!) It turns out the patient had been separated from his wife for some years and the separation had bought about a stay in a mental institution and Friday was the day they were going to meet.
A very enjoyable entry in the series.