Four Girls in White | |
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Directed by | S. Sylvan Simon |
Written by | Endre Bohem Nathalie Bucknall |
Produced by | Nat Levine |
Starring | Florence Rice Una Merkel Buddy Ebsen |
Cinematography | Leonard Smith |
Edited by | George Boemler |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Loew's Inc. |
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Running time | 73 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Four Girls in White is a 1939 drama film directed by S. Sylvan Simon, starring Florence Rice and Una Merkel. It follows the mostly comical exploits of four nursing students enrolled in a three-year training course. [1]
Student nurses at a large urban hospital cope with life's problems and career issues.
The working titles for this film were Women in White and Diary of a Nurse, and it was filmed between December 5, 1938 and January 3, 1939.
On April 4, 1939 Jack Benny and his ensemble performed a parody of "Four Girls in White" on "The JELL-O Program". [2]
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