Men in White (1934 film)
| Men in White | |
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original film poster | |
| Directed by | Ryszard Bolesławski |
| Produced by | Monta Bell |
| Written by | Sidney Kingsley |
| Starring |
Clark Gable Myrna Loy |
| Music by | William Axt |
| Cinematography | George J. Folsey |
| Edited by | Frank Sullivan |
Production company | |
Release dates | April 6, 1934 |
Running time | 74 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $213,000[1] |
| Box office | $1,455,000[1] |
Men in White is a 1934 Pre-Code film starring Clark Gable and Myrna Loy, and directed by Ryszard Bolesławski. Because of the suggested illicit romance and the suggested abortion in the movie, it was frequently cut. The Legion of Decency cited the movie as unfit for public exhibition.
Plot
Loosely based on the Sidney Kingsley play of the same name: a dedicated young doctor places his patients above everyone else in his life. Unfortunately, his Social Register fianceé can't accept the fact that he considers an appointment in the operating room more important than attending a cocktail party. He soon drifts into an affair with a pretty nurse who shares his passion for healing.
One thread of the story involves diabetic hypoglycemia:[2]
- In this story two doctors have a conflict at the bedside of a young girl who is desperately ill. The young doctor diagnoses (correctly) that the patient is in insulin shock (needing glucose), while the senior doctor insists that it is a diabetic coma (needing insulin)...Fortunately, the doctor making the right diagnosis prevails: The child recovers and smiles up at him. Cut.
Cast
- Clark Gable as Dr. George Ferguson
- Myrna Loy as Laura Hudson
- Jean Hersholt as Dr. 'Hockie' Hochberg
- Elizabeth Allan as Barbara Denham
- Otto Kruger as Dr. Levine
- C. Henry Gordon as Dr. Cunningham
- Russell Hardie as Dr. 'Mike' Michaelson
- Wallace Ford as Shorty
- Henry B. Walthall as Dr. McCabe
- Russell Hopton as Dr. Pete Bradley
- Samuel S. Hinds as Dr. Gordon
- Frank Puglia as Dr. Vitale
- Leo Chalzel as Dr. Wren
- Donald Douglas as Mac
- Ruth Channing (uncredited)
- Isabel Jewell (scenes deleted; uncredited)
- Edward J. Nugent (scenes deleted; uncredited)
- Frank Reicher (scenes deleted; uncredited)
Reception
The film was very successful at the box office.[3] According to MGM records it earned $890,000 in the US and Canada and $565,000 elsewhere resulting in a profit of $784,000.[1]
Radio adaptation
Men in White was presented on the Lady Esther Screen Guild Theatre on CBS July 19, 1943. The 30-minute adaptation starred Jean Hersholt, James Craig, and Louise Allbritton.[4]
References
- 1 2 3 The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.
- ↑ William Dufty (1975) Sugar Blues, page 97
- ↑ Churchill, Douglas W. The Year in Hollywood: 1934 May Be Remembered as the Beginning of the Sweetness-and-Light Era (gate locked); New York Times [New York, N.Y] 30 Dec 1934: X5. Retrieved December 16, 2013.
- ↑ "Allbritton, Louise". radioGOLDINdex. Retrieved 26 May 2015.