Films about doctors, nurses, hospital workers

I bet most of you would be grateful for this lady to take your temperature

Men In White / Richard Boleslawski (1934). Pre-code good stuff. Boleslawski is often credited with being the first person to bring Stanislavski’s method of teaching acting to the U.S. Clark Gable is an intern in a large Art Deco hospital. He is dedicated to his work to the point of exhaustion. This does not sit well with Rich Bitch fiancé Myrna Loy who wishes he could once in a while take her to a cocktail party, already. Over the course of the film Gable finds out he can mess-up just as badly as anybody and Loy shows unexpected depth and escapes stereotype. Even though it is never mentioned especially – and could get by you if you’re not paying attention – the film’s climax revolves around an operation on a young women who has had a botched illegal abortion. That operation scene detailing all the prep and procedure is a strong set-piece.

did someone say "pre code"

NIGHT NURSE ... on a night off presumably

Testament Of Youth

cynthiagreen

Thanks for the recommendation of The Seventh Sin which I didn't know of before. Maugham's book has become a natural for great leading lady performances.

The Dr Kildare and Dr Gillespie series of movies in the 1930s and 1940s:

I would say that Nurse Ratched is out, BUT the other Doctors and Nurses in Cuckoo's Nest seem to be trying to do their best to help the patients under difficult circumstances..

at the other end - the Roger Corman end - of the range is this one:

When I read spider's opening post I suspected that this thread would soon make a few diversions from the sort of respectful eulogy for which he was aiming in acknowledgment of our present circumstances. And so it soon proved. We already have murderers and sadists among our medical personnel, and there are a lot more where those came from.

Despite being only a few weeks short of my eightieth birthday, I am happy to say that I have only had three shorts stays in hospital during my long life. The first two were in unusual circumstances. I was born at the time of Dunkirk. The hospital was overflowing with wounded servicemen and did not have time for an obstreperous brat who refused to breast-feed so I was sent home to die while my mother remained to be treated for the milk-fever I had caused her. The story goes that my aunt tempted me to the bottle by adding a few drops of scotch to my formula, so I survived. Then, at four, I was rushed into hospital with an infected mastoid. This time it was during the disastrous Arnhem landings, so again I was not welcome there, nor was I treated to scotch at home. The third time was a few years ago, here on Devil's Island, where I suffered a botched prostate operation.

Hospitals have always been morbid, sometimes menacing, places for me, and they often appear so in movies. A classic case is:

Green for Danger (1946) directed and co-written by Sidney Gilliat. Alastair Sim is an eccentric police inspector called in to investigate alleged foul play in a wartime hospital. The ongoing hostilities are not only the backcloth, but integral to the murder mystery itself. A quirky Brit Noir and available for free viewing on YouTube. Score by William Alwyn. Recommended. My only reservation is that a couple of the characters speak in such plummy fake "upper-class" accents that it is hard to understand them (and I am English). But such were J Arthur Rank's requirements.