Dr._Kildare's_Victory Knowpia

Dr. Kildare's Victory
Dr. Kildare's Victory
Directed by	W. S. Van Dyke
Written by	Joseph Harrington; Max Brand
Screenplay by	Harry Ruskin; Willis Goldbeck
Starring	Lew Ayres; Lionel Barrymore; Ann Ayars
Cinematography	William H. Daniels
Edited by	Frank E. Hull
Music by	Lennie Hayton
Distributed by	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date	June 25, 1942
Running time	92 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Dr. Kildare's Victory is a 1942 film directed by W. S. Van Dyke. It stars Lew Ayres and Lionel Barrymore.^[1] It is the ninth and last of the MGM Dr. Kildare movie series.

Plot edit

Dr. Kildare is involved in a dispute between two competing hospitals. The trouble begins when an intern rushes a beautiful girl to Kildare's hospital. She has a shard of glass imbedded in her heart.^[2]

Cast edit

Lew Ayres as Dr. Kildare
Lionel Barrymore as Dr. Leonard Gillespie
Ann Ayars as Cynthia Cookie Charles
Robert Sterling as Dr. Donald Withrop
Jean Rogers as Ms Annabelle Kirkie
Alma Kruger as Nurse Molly Byrd
Walter Kingsford as Dr. Walter Carew
Nell Craig as Nurse Parker
Edward Gargan as Orderly Willie Brooks
Marie Blake as Sally, Switchboard Operator
Frank Orth as Michael 'Mike' Ryan
George Reed as Conover (as George H. Reed)
Barry Nelson as Samuel Z. Cutter
Eddie Acuff as Orderly Clifford Genet
Gus Schilling as Orderly Leo Cobb
Stuart Crawford as Arnold Spencer
William Bakewell as Mr. Hubble
Charlotte Wynters as Mrs. Hubble
Ray Walker as Taxi Driver with Injured Man (uncredited)

Production edit

A follow-up film titled Born to be Bad was planned, but after Ayres requested conscientious objector status, he was let go and the Dr. Kildare series came to an end, to be replaced with a series of films centered on Dr. Gillespie.^[3]

References edit

^ "Dr. Kildare's Victory (1941) - W.S. Van Dyke | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie".
^ "Dr. Kildare's Victory (1941) - W.S. Van Dyke | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie".
^ THOMAS F. BRADY (Apr 5, 1942). "A FEW HOLLYWOOD ACHES AND PAINS: Metro Gauges Public Reaction to Ayres Case -- Mr. Raft Protests". New York Times. p. X3.