Calling Dr. Kildare
| Calling Dr. Kildare | |
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| Directed by | Harold S. Bucquet |
| Produced by | Lou Ostrow |
| Screenplay by |
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| Based on |
"Calling Dr. Kildare" by Max Brand |
| Starring | |
| Music by | David Snell |
| Cinematography |
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| Edited by | Robert J. Kern |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Loew's Inc. |
Release dates |
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Running time | 86 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $271,000[1] |
| Box office | $892,000[1] |
Calling Dr. Kildare is a 1939 film in the Dr. Kildare series. Directed by Harold S. Bucquet, it stars Lew Ayres as the young Dr. Kildare and Lionel Barrymore as Dr. Gillespie, his mentor.[2]
Cast
- Lew Ayres as Dr. James Kildare
- Lionel Barrymore as Dr. Leonard Gillespie
- Laraine Day as Mary Lamont
- Nat Pendleton as Wayman
- Lana Turner as Rosalie
- Lynne Carver as Alice Raymond
- Samuel S. Hinds as Dr. Stephen Kildare
- Emma Dunn as Mrs. Martha Kildare
Release
Calling Dr. Kildare was released in April 1939, the second in M-G-M's Kildare series. According to MGM records, the film earned $626,000 in the US and Canada and $266,000 elsewhere, resulting in a profit of $307,000.[1]
New York Times reviewer Frank Nugent, while bemoaning the damage done to artistic values by series pictures, still called it "pleasantly entertaining" and "on the whole, successfully sugar-coated".[3]
References
- 1 2 3 The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.
- ↑ "Calling Dr. Kildare". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved 2015-11-02.
- ↑ Frank S. Nugent (May 12, 1939). "The Screen in Review". New York Times. Retrieved 2015-11-02.
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