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Four Girls in White

  • 19391939
  • PassedPassed
  • 1h 13m
IMDb RATING
6.0/10
290
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Mary Howard, Alan Marshal, Una Merkel, Florence Rice, and Ann Rutherford in Four Girls in White (1939)
  • Action
  • Comedy
  • Drama
Four student nurses cope with life and career problems while interning at a major hospital.Four student nurses cope with life and career problems while interning at a major hospital.Four student nurses cope with life and career problems while interning at a major hospital.
IMDb RATING
6.0/10
290
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • S. Sylvan Simon
  • Writers
    • Dorothy Yost(screen play)
    • Nathalie Bucknall(original story)
    • Endre Bohem(original story)
  • Stars
    • Florence Rice
    • Una Merkel
    • Ann Rutherford
Top credits
  • Director
    • S. Sylvan Simon
  • Writers
    • Dorothy Yost(screen play)
    • Nathalie Bucknall(original story)
    • Endre Bohem(original story)
  • Stars
    • Florence Rice
    • Una Merkel
    • Ann Rutherford
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    • 15User reviews
    • 3Critic reviews
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    Florence Rice in Four Girls in White (1939)
    Florence Rice and Kent Taylor in Four Girls in White (1939)
    Alan Marshal and Florence Rice in Four Girls in White (1939)
    Mary Howard, Alan Marshal, Una Merkel, Florence Rice, and Ann Rutherford in Four Girls in White (1939)
    Buddy Ebsen, Mary Howard, Alan Marshal, Una Merkel, Florence Rice, and Ann Rutherford in Four Girls in White (1939)
    Mary Howard, Una Merkel, Florence Rice, and Ann Rutherford in Four Girls in White (1939)
    Buddy Ebsen, Mary Howard, Alan Marshal, Una Merkel, Jessie Ralph, Florence Rice, Ann Rutherford, and Kent Taylor in Four Girls in White (1939)
    Buddy Ebsen, Mary Howard, Alan Marshal, Una Merkel, Florence Rice, Ann Rutherford, and Kent Taylor in Four Girls in White (1939)

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    Florence Rice
    Florence Rice
    • Norma Page
    Una Merkel
    Una Merkel
    • Gertie Robbins
    Ann Rutherford
    Ann Rutherford
    • Patricia Page
    Mary Howard
    Mary Howard
    • Mary Forbes
    Alan Marshal
    Alan Marshal
    • Dr. Stephen Melford
    Kent Taylor
    Kent Taylor
    • Robert Maitland
    Buddy Ebsen
    Buddy Ebsen
    • Express
    Jessie Ralph
    Jessie Ralph
    • Miss Tobias
    Sara Haden
    Sara Haden
    • Miss Bennett
    Phillip Terry
    Phillip Terry
    • Dr. Sidney
    Tom Neal
    Tom Neal
    • Dr. Phillips
    Harry Tyler
    Harry Tyler
    • Corey
    • (scenes deleted)
    Mariska Aldrich
    • Crazy Woman
    • (uncredited)
    Judith Allen
    Judith Allen
    • Nurse
    • (uncredited)
    Joy Anderson
    • Susan Forbes
    • (uncredited)
    Margaret Armstrong
    Margaret Armstrong
    • Admitting Desk Nurse
    • (uncredited)
    Barbara Bedford
    Barbara Bedford
    • Nurse Behind Counter
    • (uncredited)
    Margaret Bert
    • Miss Waring - a Nurse
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • S. Sylvan Simon
    • Writers
      • Dorothy Yost(screen play)
      • Nathalie Bucknall(original story)
      • Endre Bohem(original story)
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    • Trivia
      This film's initial telecast took place in Los Angeles took place Tuesday 16 July 1957 on KTTV (Channel 11); it first aired in Altoona PA 2 September 1957 on WFBG (Channel 10), in Chicago 9 September 1957 on WBBM (Channel 2), in Philadelphia 3 November 1957 on WFIL (Channel 6), in Seattle 5 November 1957 on KING (Channel 5), in Norfolk VA 2 December 1957 on WTAR (Channel 3), in Honolulu 6 January 1958 on KHVH (Channel 13), and in San Francisco 21 January 1958 on KGO (Channel 7); the Four GIrls, still in White, finally made it to New York City 26 September 1962 on WCBS (Channel 2).
    • Quotes

      Patricia Page: What do they mean, calling us suckers?

    • Connections
      Referenced in Electrical Power (1938)

    User reviews15

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    Top review
    5/10
    Stiff upper lips all around
    In that golden year of 1939, the same year that she played Careen, Scarlett O'Hara's youngest sister in GWTW Ann Rutherford also appeared in this earnest programmer. She's one of the title girls although not the most heavily featured, that would be the forgotten Florence Rice, but she's pert and strictly secondary which would explain how she could appear in EIGHT! films that year.

    As for the rest of the film it's second feature, bottom of the bill stuff all the way. The lives and challenges of young nurses has been examined many times and nothing new is added here. Everyone performs professionally but without distinction, the unique Una Merkel livens things up whenever she pops in but she is also mostly on the sidelines. Everybody gets to prove their mettle by the end no matter how far they've strayed during the overheated melodramatics.
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    • Apr 2, 2012

    Details

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    • Release date
      • January 27, 1939 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Diary of a Nurse
    • Filming locations
      • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 13 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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