Secrets of a Nurse

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Secrets of a Nurse
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Directed by Arthur Lubin
Written by
Based onstory "West Side Miracle" by Quentin Reynolds
Produced byBurt Kelly
Starring
Distributed by Universal Pictures
Release date
  • 2 December 1938 (1938-12-02)
Running time
75 mins
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$96,000 [1]

Secrets of a Nurse is a 1938 American sports drama film directed by Arthur Lubin and starring Edmund Lowe, Helen Mack, and Dick Foran. [2] [3]

Contents

Universal liked the film so much, they assigned Lubin to make Forgotten Boys a film about young men facing unemployment out of college. (It appears this film was never made). [4]

Plot

Cast

Production

The film was based on a magazine story by Quentin Reynolds, "West Side Miracle". Universal purchased the screen rights in July 1936. [5] Arthur Lubin signed to direct in September 1938. [6] Filming started 26 September. [7] [8]

Reception

The Christian Science Monitor said it was "Abundant in negative qualities". [9]

The New York Times reviewer said it had an "Exhaustive collection of melodramatic coincidences." [10]

References

  1. ↑ Dick, Bernard K. (2015). City of Dreams: The Making and Remaking of Universal Pictures. University Press of Kentucky. p. 116. ISBN   9780813158891.
  2. ↑ Secrets of a Nurse Monthly Film Bulletin; London Vol. 6, Iss. 61, (Jan 1, 1939): 50.
  3. ↑ Vagg, Stephen (14 September 2019). "The Cinema of Arthur Lubin". Diabolique Magazine.
  4. ↑ Schallert, E. (1938, Nov 15). George sanders to play 'saint' role. Los Angeles Times
  5. ↑ NEWS OF THE SCREEN New York Times 25 July 1936: 16.
  6. ↑ NEWS OF THE SCREEN New York Times 19 Sep 1938: 16.
  7. ↑ Sabu to Be 'Tough' in New Jungle Role:. Los Angeles Times 26 Sep 1938: A16.
  8. ↑ "Miracle Away". Variety. 28 September 1938. p. 17.
  9. ↑ Strauss and Dickens Filmed; Other Arrivals on the Screen: 'Ride a Crooked Mile' In the Minor Key The Christian Science Monitor 16 Dec 1938: 14.
  10. ↑ THE SCREEN New York Times 12 Dec 1938: 26.


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