Kildare 1938 came to blair general and the mentorship of irascible chief of staff leonard gillespie lionel barrymore. The dedicated intern from the 1938 41 mgm movies and the 196166 nbc series returned for one more seasons. Each film gave insight into human nature and the medical profession without sex or swearing. Alice raymond lynne carver hopes her boyfriend will practice medicine with his father dr. Kildare 1938 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Get premium, high resolution news photos at getty images. Steve kildare, and childhood sweetheart, alice raymond. Lionel barrymore starred opposite as the curmudgeonly mentor dr. Shortly after the characters first appearance in a magazine story, paramount pictures used the story and character as the basis fo. He had been in films for nearly a decade by the time he starred in young dr. Kildare films were subsequently made by mgm based on stories originally written by faust. When ever possible i have them in order of when they were made. I loved everything lionel barrymore did and these movies proved it lol. 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 finds himself in serious trouble when he saves a suicidal. Boys town 1938 lew ayres and jo ann sayers in young dr. Bucquet, with lionel barrymore, lew ayres, lynne carver, at turner classic movies. 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. James kildare richard chamberlain working at the fictional large metropolitan blair general hospital and trying to learn his profession, deal with patients problems, and win the respect of the senior dr. Kildare film ever made, this is the first entry in mgms longrunning series set at blair general hospital. Kildare takes a case caring for the daughter of a wall street tycoon, who suffers from severe headaches and occasional hysterical blindness. Faust as max brand collaborated with mgm on its kildare film series starting with the first mgm series release, young dr. Kildare 1938 after graduating from medical school, dr. Kildare 1938 approved 1h 22min drama 14 october 1938 usa fresh out of medical school, young dr. James kildare decides to take a position at a large new york hospital instead of joining his fathers country practice.
Shortly after the characters first appearance in a magazine story, paramount pictures used the story and character as the basis for the 1937 film internes cant take money. Kildare, lew ayres soon became synonymous with the young intern, playing the unconventional doctor in nine films for mgm from 1938 until 1942. Kildarein 1938 metro goldwyn mayer mgm acquired the rights to author max brands creation, dr. 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 gets tossed in the trenches at blairs innercity clinic in calling dr. Kildare, lew ayres soon became synonymous with the young intern, playing the unconventional doctor in nine films for mgm from 1938.
Turner classic movies presents the greatest motion pictures of all time from one of the largest film libraries in the world. With lionel barrymore, lew ayres, lynne carver, nat pendleton. Kildares crisis is a 1940 drama film directed by harold s. Long story short, this is a good premise with a disappointing outcome. Kildare approved 1h 22min drama 14 october 1938 usa fresh out of medical school, young dr. James kildare abandons his dads small town practice and takes a position in a big new york hospital. Mgm acquired the rights to the stories, completed young dr. One of the great series shown on tv in my youth was dr. A list of 16 films compiled on letterboxd, including internes cant take money 1937, young dr. Kildare tries to help an unlucky brain surgeon and his seemingly insane patient.
During this time, faust wrote several original kildare stories which were first published in magazines, later republished in novel form, and made. Kildare movie collection dvd used very good dvdr ebay. Were your movie poster source for new releases and vintage movie posters. Kildare with the outstanding lionel barrymore as the wise dr.
Kildare 1938 is the very first film in the longrunning movie series, available as part of the dr. A medical school graduate takes an internship at a big city hospital, only to be subjected to a rigorous. After the character was introduced in internes cant take money with joel mccrea in the. Bucquet, with lionel barrymore, lew ayres, lynne carver, at turner classic movies skip navigation tcm. Kildare was a series of sixteen feature films from 1937 to 1947. Kildare stars lewayres, lionelbarrymore, lynnecarver, natpendleton the movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 21 min, and received a score of out of 100 on metacritic. Kildare, appearing in such prestigious productions as garbos last silent film, the kiss 1929, the classic antiwar film all quiet on the western front 1930, and holiday 1938, with katharine hepburn and cary grant. Bucquet with lionel barrymore, lew ayres, lynne carver, nat pendleton, year. James kildare decides to leave his fathers country practice and take up a position at a large new york hospital. Back at the hospital, new intern lew ayres title character examines his patient jo ann sayers whom he revived from a gas suicide attempt, drawing conclusions and barbs from his crusty boss gillespie lionel barrymore, in the first in the mgm series, young dr. Kildare tv series wikimili, the best wikipedia reader.
Kildare 1938 within three weeks in september of 1938, and had it in general release by midoctober. In 1938 the character moved over to mgm, debuting in young dr. James kildare is a fictional american medical doctor character, originally created in the 1930s by the author frederick schiller faust under the pen name max brand. Kildare is syndicated medical drama television series which originally ran from september 21, 1972 for a total of 24 episodes.
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. An intern is tested in diagnostics by a dying expert and helps a young woman, who tried to commit suicide. Bucquet, starring lew ayres, lionel barrymore and laraine day. Kildare 1938 trailers and clips after graduating from medical school, dr. Jul 08, 2014 although not the first actor to don the scrubs of max brands dr. They dealt with the life and struggles of an idealistic young doctor, james kildare. The popular mgm b series starring lew ayres as max brands medico james kildare kicked off when young dr. Kildare was a popular film series that was produced by mgm from 1937 through 1947.
Kildares strange case 1940 lionel barrymore youtube. James kildare, an idealistic, freshly graduated medical intern, who. Lew ayres title character arrives at the big new york hospital where dr. Kildare, lew ayres soon became synonymous with the young intern, playing the unconventional doctor in nine films for mgm from. A medical school graduate takes an internship at a big city. He is best known for his recurring role as the snobbish hospital head dr. Kildare takes a case caring for the daughter of a wall street. Mary lamonts laraine day financier brother douglas lamont robert young is subject to seizures, and it seems that he is suffering from hereditary epilepsy. James kildare returns to dartford, connecticut to see his mother martha, father, dr. James kildare, an idealistic, freshly graduated medical intern, who benefits greatly from the wise counsel of his experienced mentor, dr. Lionel barrymore gives the film a bit of spark and sass as gillespie, and some of the dialogue is sharp.
James kildare was initially portrayed by joel mccrea in the first film in the series, internes cant take money, but was replaced by lew ayres in the role in the second film, young dr. James kildare is a fictional character in a series of films in the late 1930s and early 1940s, an early 1950s radio series, a 1960s television series of the same name and a comic book based on. Kildare 1938 cast and crew after graduating from medical school, dr. Paramount had already made a film about the character, called interns cant take money 1937, starring joel mccrea and barbara stanwyck. Kildare novel i purchased at the antique mall for two dollars was actually a sort of spin off book from the lucrative kildare franchise. Kildare character, created by max brand, was first played onscreen by joel mccrea in the paramount film internes cant take money 1937. Kildare and have faust work with mgm on developing stories for a film series. Find video, photos, forums, blogs and shop for some of the best movies ever made only at tcm. In 1938, mgm entered into a deal with author faust brand to acquire the rights to dr.
Although not the first actor to don the scrubs of max brands dr. Kildare series, kildare is faced with a difficult decision. American actors lew ayres and lynne carver in a publicity still for the film young dr. The second of mgms series of kildare films, it introduces laraine day as nurse mary lamont, the love of kildare s life. It was a remake of the richard chamberlain series dr. Like the earlier mgm film series 19381942, the tv series initially told the story of young intern dr. The film was based on a story and characters created by author frederick schiller faust, writing. Kildare 1938 movie clip the irish do well with horses airing.
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