Kildare, lew ayres soon became synonymous with the young intern, playing the unconventional doctor in nine films for mgm from. Kildare was the first mgm picture to open at new yorks radio city music hall, and that harry bucquet was making his directing debut with the film. A medical school graduate takes an internship at a big city hospital, only to be subjected to a rigorous and sometimes embarrassing testing of his knowledge by the hospitals top dog, dr. Kildare 1938 within three weeks in september of 1938, and had it in general release by midoctober. Kildares attempt to help a young female exconvict played by barbara stanwyck locate her child. Faust as brand collaborated with mgm on its kildare film series starting with the first mgm series release, young dr. Mgm acquired the rights to the stories, completed young dr.
Hinds, mother emma dunn and girlfriend lynne carver. Each film gave insight into human nature and the medical profession without sex or swearing. Its a drama movie with a better than average imdb audience rating of 6. Kildare 1938 after graduating from medical school, dr. Kildare lew ayres lionel barrymore lynne carver 1938 an intern lew ayres handles emergencies and wins an older doctors lionel barrymore approval at a new york hospital. James kildare decides to take a position at a large new york hospital instead of joining his fathers country practice. Kildare, it attempts to recapture the popularity of the earlier series from ten years before.
All critics 1 fresh 1 lew ayres is one step ahead in the direction of the film eminence that was once his. May 2016 learn how and when to remove this template message. His internship over, hes been appointed to blair general hospital as a staff physician, complete with a plush, mgmstyled office and a readmade nurse, mary lamont laraine day, assigned to him for his pleasure. Winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. Kildares crisis is a 1940 drama film directed by harold s. With lionel barrymore, lew ayres, lynne carver, nat pendleton. Kildare follows the gifted young intern as he learns to practice medicine under the watchful eye of. Gillespie while lovely laraine day played love interest nurse mary lamont. After the character was introduced in internes cant take money with joel mccrea in the title role, lew ayres took over the role in young dr. Kildare movie collection warner archive collection. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Produced by mgm television, it was based on fictional doctor characters originally created by author max brand in the 1930s and previously used by mgm in a popular film series and radio drama. With mark jenkins, gary merrill, andrew duggan, gail kobe. It was a remake of the richard chamberlain series dr.
I have loved these movies ever since i was a kid waay back in the 1950s. Starring richard chamberlain in the role that rocketed him to fame and made him a teen idol, dr. Kildare is the handsome young intern with much to learn and dr. Kildare tries to help an unlucky brain surgeon and his seemingly insane patient. James kildare lew ayres travels to connecticut to visit his father samuel s. Kildare was produced for syndication in 1949 at wmgm, new york. Kildare with the outstanding lionel barrymore as the wise dr. Gillespie lionel barrymore sends his student, the overconfident intern james kildare lew ayres, to work in the dispensary with nurse mary lamont laraine day. Kildare 1938 cast and crew after graduating from medical school, dr. Kildare is syndicated medical drama television series which originally ran from september 21, 1972 for a total of 24 episodes. Max brand story, willis goldbeck story, harry ruskin screenplay, willis goldbeck screenplay stars. Fr voir dvdrip french doctor who cybernoel streaming.
Kildare complete first season starring richard chamberlain. A list of 16 films compiled on letterboxd, including internes cant take money 1937, young dr. As a younger man, ayres had played the role of kildare for many years in the earlier mgm film and radio series. The film was based on a story and characters created by author frederick schiller faust, writing as max brand. Kildare takes a case caring for the daughter of a wall. They dealt with the life and struggles of an idealistic young doctor, james kildare. Roger converse is listed in the cast on a hollywood reporter production chart, but he was not in the released film. Kildare was a series of sixteen feature films from 1937 to 1947. Someone remembered the successful mgm movies about young jimmy kildare, m. Paramount had already made a film about the character, called interns cant take money 1937, starring joel mccrea and barbara stanwyck. After arriving to his new post in a hospital pathology department, dr.
Mary lamonts laraine day financier brother douglas lamont robert young is subject to seizures, and it seems that he is suffering from hereditary epilepsy. This article needs additional citations for verification. Lew ayres title character arrives at the big new york hospital where dr. One of the great series shown on tv in my youth was dr.
A young intern deals with life in a metropolitan hospital. Long story short, this is a good premise with a disappointing outcome. James kildare decides to take a position at a large new york hospital. Kildare series, kildare is faced with a difficult decision. David coleman ben gazzara clashes with the department head, dr. Lionel barrymore starred opposite as the curmudgeonly mentor dr. Kildare chooses to pursue a paid internship at blair general hospital in new york city. Kildare finds himself in serious trouble when he saves a suicidal. Kildare, lew ayres soon became synonymous with the young intern, playing the unconventional doctor in nine films for mgm from 1938 until 1942. Bucquet, starring lew ayres, lionel barrymore and laraine day. Find video, photos, forums, blogs and shop for some of. Lew ayres, lionel barrymore, lionel atwill director. When ever possible i have them in order of when they were made.
Turner classic movies presents the greatest motion pictures of all time from one of the largest film libraries in the world. Kildare 1938 starring lew ayres as kildare and laraine day as a nurse in love with kildare, similar to stanwycks role in this film. Leonard gillespie lionel barrymore, a skilled, nononsense physician who. Kildare now adds the care, training and protection of blair generals staff of interns to his duties in addition to grappling with challenges as farreaching as steroidpsychosis, low. Kildare follows the gifted young intern as he learns to practice medicine under the watchful eye of his mentor, blair general hospitals chief of staff, dr. James kildare is a fictional american medical doctor character, originally created in the. Kildare 1938 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Kildare first appeared on film in the 1937 paramount film, internes cant take money, based on max brands previously published short story of the same name and starring joel mccrea as dr. Massey don the surgical scrubs first made famous by the film team of lew ayres. Kildare starring lew ayres in this drama on directv. The second of mgms series of kildare films, it introduces laraine day as nurse mary lamont, the love of kildares life. James kildare, an idealistic, freshly graduated medical intern, who benefits greatly from the wise counsel of his experienced mentor, dr.
Kildare which in turn was based on fictional doctor characters originally created by author max brand in the 1930s and previously used by mgm in a popular film series and radio drama. Kildare finds himself in serious trouble when he saves a. Carew walter kingsford is introducing other interns truman bradley et al to intimidating topbilled lionel barrymore as gillespie, in the first film in the mgm series, young dr. Kildare, lew ayres soon became synonymous with the young intern, playing the unconventional doctor in nine films for mgm from 1938 until. Kildare tv series 1972 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Although not the first actor to don the scrubs of max brands dr.
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