Between Two Women (1945 film)

Between Two Women, made in 1945, was the sixteenth film in the Dr Kildare series. This was the fourteenth of fifteen in which Lionel Barrymore starred as Dr. Leonard B. Gillespie. The film following was Dark Delusion (1947), which was the last in the Dr. Kildare series released by MGM. This was the last of Van Johnson's character, Dr. Randall 'Red' Adams, also seen in three previous Kildare films.

Between Two Women
Theatrical release poster
Directed byWillis Goldbeck
Produced byCarey Wilson
Written byMax Brand
Harry Ruskin
StarringLionel Barrymore
Van Johnson
Gloria De Haven
Music byDavid Snell
CinematographyHarold Rosson
Edited byAdrienne Fazan
Distributed byMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date
28 March 1945
Running time
83 min.
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$436,000[1]
Box office$2,282,000[1]

Plot summary

This episode in the series should have been called Between Three Women, because there are plot strands involving three, not two, women. Dr. Gillespie's (Lionel Barrymore) assistant, Dr. Red Adams (Van Johnson), is still fending off the romantic advances of beautiful blond socialite and social worker Ruth Edley (Marilyn Maxwell), who finally succeeds in winning Red's heart. The second woman is a pretty night club singer Edna (Gloria DeHaven), who collapses suddenly one night after a show and cannot understand why she is no longer able to eat. Red finds out that a complicated subconscious obsession is the cause. The third woman is Sally (Marie Blake), the reliable and wise-cracking switchboard operator in all of the episodes. Sally is stricken with Bright's Disease and refuses to let anyone besides Red operate on her ailing kidney. Things turn out well for Red and all three women.[2]

There are some scenes in the singer's night club that draw inspiration from the country's immersion in the Second World War. As part of a "home front" money raising contest to help the war effort, Ruth bids extravagant amounts of money for the chance to kiss Red in public.

(Allmovie.com's synopsis of the movie has Red romantically involved with ailing socialite Cynthia Grace (Lucille Bremer), who supposedly suffers from a life-threatening blood clot,[3] but this is the plot for Dark Delusion)

Cast

Reception

According to MGM records the movie was the most popular in the series yet, in part because of the rising popularity of Van Johnson - it earned $1,896,000 in the US and Canada and $386,000 elsewhere, making a profit of $1,184,000, a remarkable figure for a "B" picture.[1]

References
  1. The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.
  2. Kalisch, PA; Kalisch, BJ (1985). "When Americans called for Dr. Kildare: images of physicians and nurses in the Dr. Kildare and Dr. Gillespie movies, 1937–1947" (PDF). Medical Heritage. 1 (1): 348–363. PMID 11616027. Retrieved 30 April 2013.
  3. http://www.allmovie.com/movie/between-two-women-v84875


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