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This film was well into the series of MGM films featuring Lew Ayres as young Dr. Kildare. It's notable for a rather unusual plot twist (at least for back then)...the death of a major character.
MGM wanted to elevate Laraine Day's status at the studio...so they kill here off...just before the wedding.
The film is also notable for being the last Red Skelton film before he graduated to being a rising star instead of a bit player.
The plot involves the preparation for Dr. Kildare's and nurse LaMont's wedding. But a medical case distracts Kildare. First, a famous conductor is losing his ability to hear sufficiently to continue to conduct. Nurse LaMont is struck by a truck and killed...and not having reading about this film before watching it...well, quite a dramatic plot twist! A devastated Kildare can't continue practicing medicine...but of course, Dr. Gillespie brings him back to sanity.
Lew Ayres and Lionel Barrymore are great, as they were throughout the series. And Laraine Day certainly had potential, but it seems to me it was never fulfilled in her career.
score 7/10
vincentlynch-moonoi 7 June 2018
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