Between Two Women (1945 film)
| Between Two Women | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Willis Goldbeck |
| Produced by | Carey Wilson |
| Written by |
Max Brand Harry Ruskin |
| Starring |
Lionel Barrymore Van Johnson Gloria De Haven |
| Music by | David Snell |
| Cinematography | Harold Rosson |
| Edited by | Adrienne Fazan |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
Release dates | 28 March 1945 |
Running time | 83 min. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $436,000[1] |
| Box office | $2,282,000[1] |
Between Two Women, made in 1945, was the sixteenth film in the Dr Kildare series. This was the fourteenth of fifteen in which Lionel Barrymore starred as Dr. Leonard B. Gillespie. The film following was Dark Delusion (1947), which was the last in the Dr. Kildare series released by MGM. This was the last of Van Johnson's character, Dr. Randall 'Red' Adams, also seen in three previous Kildare films.
Plot summary
This episode in the series should have been called Between Three Women, because there are plot strands involving three, not two, women. Dr. Gillespie's (Lionel Barrymore) assistant, Dr. Red Adams (Van Johnson), is still fending off the romantic advances of beautiful blond socialite and social worker Ruth Edley (Marilyn Maxwell), who finally succeeds in winning Red's heart. The second woman is a pretty night club singer Edna (Gloria DeHaven), who collapses suddenly one night after a show and cannot understand why she is no longer able to eat. Red finds out that a complicated subconscious obsession is the cause. The third woman is Sally (Marie Blake), the reliable and wise-cracking switchboard operator in all of the episodes. Sally is stricken with Bright's Disease and refuses to let anyone besides Red operate on her ailing kidney. Things turn out well for Red and all three women.[2]
There are some scenes in the singer's night club that draw inspiration from the country's immersion in the Second World War. As part of a "home front" money raising contest to help the war effort, Ruth bids extravagant amounts of money for the chance to kiss Red in public.
(Allmovie.com's synopsis of the movie has Red romantically involved with ailing socialite Cynthia Grace (Lucille Bremer), who supposedly suffers from a life-threatening blood clot,[3] but this is the plot for Dark Delusion)
Cast
- Van Johnson as Dr. Randall 'Red' Adams
- Lionel Barrymore as Dr. Leonard B. Gillespie
- Marilyn Maxwell as Ruth Edley
- Gloria DeHaven as Edna
- Keenan Wynn as Tobey
- Keye Luke as Dr. Lee Wong How aka Dr. Lee
- Alma Kruger as Nurse Molly Byrd
- Walter Kingsford as Dr. Walter Carew
- Marie Blake as Sally
- Nell Craig as Nurse 'Nosey' Parker
- Shirley Patterson as Nurse Thorsen
- Edna Holland as Nurse Morgan
- Lorraine Miller as Marion
- Eddie Acuff as Orderly
Reception
According to MGM records the movie was the most popular in the series yet, due in part to the rising popularity of Van Johnson - it earned $1,896,000 in the US and Canada and $386,000 elsewhere, making a profit of $1,184,000, a remarkable figure for a "B" picture.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.
- ↑ Kalisch, PA; Kalisch, BJ (1985). "When Americans called for Dr. Kildare: images of physicians and nurses in the Dr. Kildare and Dr. Gillespie movies, 1937–1947" (PDF). Medical Heritage. 1 (1): 348–363. PMID 11616027. Retrieved 30 April 2013.
- ↑ http://www.allmovie.com/movie/between-two-women-v84875
External links
- Between Two Women at the Internet Movie Database
- Between Two Women at AllMovie
- Between Two Women at the TCM Movie Database
- Between Two Women at the American Film Institute Catalog