Connection
Calling Dr. Kildare is a american film of genre Drama directed by Harold S. Bucquet released in USA on 28 april 1939 with Lew Ayres
Calling Dr. Kildare (1939)
If you like this film, let us know!
- Infos
- Casting
- Technical infos
- Photos
- Videos
- Film quotes
- Characters
- Music
- Awards
Add to a movie listCalling Dr. Kildare is a 1939 film in the Dr. Kildare series. Directed by Harold S. Bucquet, it stars Lew Ayres as the young Dr. Kildare and Lionel Barrymore as Dr. Gillespie, his mentor.
Actors
Lew Ayres
(Dr. James Kildare)
Lionel Barrymore
(Dr. Leonard Gillespie)
Laraine Day
(Nurse Mary Lamont)
Nat Pendleton
(Joe Wayman)
Lana Turner
(Rosalie Lewett)
Dr. Kildare
(1937)
(1938)
(1939)
(1939)
(1940)
(1940)
(1940)
(1941)
(1941)
(1942)
(1942)
(1942)
(1943)
(1944)
(1945)
(1947)Comments
Leave comment :
Suggestions of similar film to Calling Dr. Kildare
There are 370 films with the same actors, 29 films with the same director, 61618 with the same cinematographic genres, to have finally 70 suggestions of similar films.If you liked Calling Dr. Kildare, you will probably like those similar films :
Dr. Kildare Goes Home (1940)
, 1h19Directed by Harold S. Bucquet
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Lew Ayres, Lionel Barrymore, Laraine Day, Samuel S. Hinds, Gene Lockhart, Nat Pendleton
Rating64%
Doctor James Kildare (Lew Ayres), just appointed resident assistant at the Byng State Hospital by his mentor Dr. Leonard Gillespie (Lionel Barrymore), is forced to return to his hometown when his general-practitioner father (Samuel S. Hinds) collapses from overwork.
Dr. Kildare's Crisis (1940)
, 1h15Directed by Harold S. Bucquet
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Lew Ayres, Lionel Barrymore, Laraine Day, Robert Young, Nat Pendleton, Walter Kingsford
Rating60%
This script must be run from the command line
Dr. Kildare's Strange Case (1940)
, 1h17Directed by Harold S. Bucquet
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Lew Ayres, Lionel Barrymore, Laraine Day, Shepperd Strudwick, Samuel S. Hinds, Emma Dunn
Rating59%
Dr. James Kildare gets competition for the heart of nurse Mary Lamont from wealthy brain surgeon Dr. Gregory Lane. Kildare has not proposed to Mary because of his poor financial situation. Kildare's mentor, Dr. Leonard Gillespie, arranges for him to be offered a prestigious, well-paid job at the Messenger Institute, but Kildare decides to continue working with his inspiring mentor, Dr. Leonard Gillespie. As a result, Mary gives up all hope of marrying Kildare.
Young Dr. Kildare (1938)
, 1h22Directed by Harold S. Bucquet
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Medical-themed films
Actors Lionel Barrymore, Lew Ayres, Lynne Carver, Nat Pendleton, Laraine Day, Samuel S. Hinds
Rating67%
After graduating from medical school, Dr. James Kildare (Lew Ayres) returns to his small home town, where his proud parents Stephen (Samuel S. Hinds) and Martha Kildare (Emma Dunn) and childhood friend Alice Raymond (Lynne Carver) expect him to join his father in his medical practice. However, he is more ambitious, though he is unsure what he wants to do. He has accepted a job as an intern at a large New York City hospital.
The Secret of Dr. Kildare (1939)
, 1h24Directed by Harold S. Bucquet
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Lew Ayres, Lionel Barrymore, Lionel Atwill, Nat Pendleton, Laraine Day, Sara Haden
Rating63%
Dr. Gillespie (Lionel Barrymore) is seeking a permanent cure for pneumonia with a Sulfa drug, Sulfapyridine, and must ask Dr. Kildare (Lew Ayres) for assistance when his cancer tires him out and eventually collapses him. Dr. Gillespie recovers, while Dr. Kildare continues working on the pneumonia cure and the case of a woman, Nancy Messenger (Helen Gilbert) suffering from psychosomatic blindness.
Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day (1941)
, 1h23Directed by Harold S. Bucquet
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Lew Ayres, Lionel Barrymore, Laraine Day, Red Skelton, Alma Kruger, Samuel S. Hinds
Rating62%
Dr. James Kildare (Lew Ayres) is finally marrying nurse Mary Lamont (Laraine Day) and everyone at Blair General Hospital in New York is preparing for the wedding. The wedding renders mixed feelings for James' mentor, the wheelchair-bound Dr. Leonard Gillespie (Lionel Barrymore), who realizes his protégé will have less time for him.
The People Vs. Dr. Kildare (1941)
, 1h18Directed by Harold S. Bucquet
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Lew Ayres, Lionel Barrymore, Laraine Day, Bonita Granville, Alma Kruger, Red Skelton
Rating62%
Dr. Kildare (Lew Ayres) performs an emergency operation on crash victim Frances Marlowe (Bonita Granville), an ice-skating star. While recovering in Blair General Hospital, Frances discovers that her leg is paralyzed, and promptly sues Dr. Kildare and his hospital for negligence.
Calling Dr. Gillespie (1942)
, 1h24Directed by Harold S. Bucquet
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Crime
Themes Medical-themed films, Psychologie, Films about psychiatry
Actors Lionel Barrymore, Donna Reed, Philip Dorn, Phil Brown, Nat Pendleton, Alma Kruger
Rating61%
Finishing school student Marcia Bradburn (Donna Reed) has good news for her boyfriend, Roy Todwell (Phil Brown). Her father has given his permission for their engagement. However, when she refuses to elope with him immediately, Roy inexplicably picks up a flagstone and kills his dog with it, then drives off.
The Penalty (1941)
, 1h20Directed by Harold S. Bucquet
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Edward Arnold, Lionel Barrymore, Marsha Hunt, Robert Sterling, Gene Reynolds, Emma Dunn
Rating61%
A man hires some men to do work, he states they are going to the bank, he holds up the bank (unknownst to the workers). The gangster, " Stuff Nelson"(Edward Arnold)leaves the bank and the workers wondering what happened. Stuff is able to escape.
On Borrowed Time (1939)
, 1h39Directed by Harold S. Bucquet
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Fantasy
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Lionel Barrymore, Cedric Hardwicke, Beulah Bondi, Una Merkel, Bobs Watson, Nat Pendleton
Rating76%
Brink (Sir Cedric Hardwicke) has recently taken Pud's (Bobs Watson) parents in an auto wreck. Brink later comes for Gramps (Lionel Barrymore). Believing Brink to be an ordinary stranger, the crotchety old Gramps orders Mr. Brink off the property. Pud comes out of the house and asks who the stranger was. Gramps is surprised and relieved that someone else could see the stranger; he was not merely a dream or apparition.