''Three Men in White'' is a 1944 American
comedy-drama
Comedy drama, also known by the portmanteau ''dramedy'', is a genre of dramatic works that combines elements of comedy and drama. The modern, scripted-television examples tend to have more humorous bits than simple comic relief seen in a typical ...
film in the
Dr Kildare series directed by
Willis Goldbeck
Willis Goldbeck (October 24, 1898 – September 17, 1979) was an American screenwriter, film director and producer. He wrote for 40 films between 1923 and 1962. He also directed ten films between 1942 and 1951. Willis graduated from Worcest ...
. It stars
Lionel Barrymore
Lionel Barrymore (born Lionel Herbert Blythe; April 28, 1878 – November 15, 1954) was an American actor of stage, screen and radio as well as a film director. He won an Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in ''A Free Soul'' (1931) ...
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Van Johnson
Charles Van Dell Johnson (August 25, 1916 – December 12, 2008) was an American film, television, theatre and radio actor. He was a major star at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer during and after World War II.
Johnson was described as the embodiment o ...
, and
Marilyn Maxwell
Marvel Marilyn Maxwell (August 3, 1921 – March 20, 1972) was an American actress and entertainer. In a career that spanned the 1940s and 1950s, she appeared in several films and radio programs, and entertained the troops during World War ...
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Ava Gardner has a supporting role.
The plot threads include the competition between Ames and How to be Gillespie's new assistant, Ames' involvement with a beautiful young woman who passed out in a car, presumably from drinking but in fact had no alcohol in her system, and her mother, whose intense arthritis has her kept in a neck brace and a chair, unable to move without pain.
Cast
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Lionel Barrymore
Lionel Barrymore (born Lionel Herbert Blythe; April 28, 1878 – November 15, 1954) was an American actor of stage, screen and radio as well as a film director. He won an Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in ''A Free Soul'' (1931) ...
as Dr. Leonard B. Gillespie
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Van Johnson
Charles Van Dell Johnson (August 25, 1916 – December 12, 2008) was an American film, television, theatre and radio actor. He was a major star at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer during and after World War II.
Johnson was described as the embodiment o ...
as Dr. Randall "Red" Ames
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Marilyn Maxwell
Marvel Marilyn Maxwell (August 3, 1921 – March 20, 1972) was an American actress and entertainer. In a career that spanned the 1940s and 1950s, she appeared in several films and radio programs, and entertained the troops during World War ...
as Ruth Edley
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Keye Luke
Keye Luke (, Cantonese
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as Dr. Lee Wong How
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Ava Gardner as Jean Brown
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Alma Kruger as Molly Bird
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Rags Ragland
Rags Ragland (born John Lee Morgan Beauregard Ragland, August 23, 1905 – August 20, 1946) was an American comedian and character actor.
Personal life
Ragland was born on August 23, 1905, in Louisville, Kentucky, to parents Adam Joseph Ragland ...
as Hobart Genet
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Nell Craig
Nell Craig (June 13, 1891 – January 5, 1965) was an American actress.
Partial filmography
* '' The Triflers'' (1920)
* ''The Desperate Hero'' (1920)
* ''Passion's Playground'' (1920)
* ''Her First Elopement'' (1920)
* ''The Queen of Sheba'' ...
as Nurse "Nosey" Parker
Box office
According to MGM records the film earned $600,000 in the US and Canada and $268,000 elsewhere resulting in a profit of $121,000.
See also
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List of American films of 1944
Below is a list of American films released in 1944. ''Going My Way'' won Best Picture at the 17th Academy Awards. The remaining four nominees were ''Double Indemnity'', ''Gaslight'', ''Since You Went Away'' and '' Wilson''.
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References
External links
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1944 films
1944 comedy-drama films
American black-and-white films
American comedy-drama films
Films directed by Willis Goldbeck
Films scored by Nathaniel Shilkret
Films set in New York City
Films set in hospitals
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films
1940s English-language films
1940s American films
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