Dr. Kildare's Victory

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Dr. Kildare's Victory
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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 (1942-06-25)
Running time
92 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

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.

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Plot

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

Production

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

  1. ↑ "Dr. Kildare's Victory (1941) - W.S. Van Dyke | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie".
  2. ↑ "Dr. Kildare's Victory (1941) - W.S. Van Dyke | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie".
  3. ↑ 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.
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