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Dr. James Kildare is a fictional American medical doctor character, originally created in the 1930s by the author Frederick Schiller Faust under the pen name Max Brand. Shortly after the character's first appearance in a magazine story, Paramount Pictures used the story and character as the basis for the 1937 film Internes Can't Take Money. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) subsequently acquired the rights and featured Kildare as the primary character in a series of American theatrical films in the late 1930s and early 1940s, several of which were co-written by Faust (as Max Brand), who also continued to write magazine stories and novels about the character until the early 1940s. The Kildare character was later featured in an early 1950s radio series, a 1960s television series, a comic book and comic strip based on the 1960s TV show, and a short-lived second 1970s television series.Played by the actors
Filmography of Dr. James Kildare (9 films)
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Dr. Kildare's Victory (1942)
, 1h32Directed by W. S. Van Dyke
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Lew Ayres, Lionel Barrymore, Ann Ayars, Robert Sterling, Jean Rogers, Alma Kruger
Rating61%
Dr. Kildare (Lew Ayres) is involved in a dispute between two competing hospitals. The trouble begins when an intern rushes a beautiful girl to Kildare's hospital. She has a shard of glass imbedded in her heart.
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.
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%
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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.
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.
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.
Internes Can't Take Money (1937)
, 1h18Directed by Alfred Santell
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films
Actors Barbara Stanwyck, Joel McCrea, Steve Pendleton, Lloyd Nolan, Stanley Ridges, Lee Bowman
Rating67%
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