Men in White Movie

Men in White
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Run Time: 80 min
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Released: 1934
Directors: Richard Boleslawski
Genre/Type: Drama
Romance
Producers: Monta Bell
Plot Synopsis by Hal Erickson
In an unusual move, MGM released its film version of Sidney Kingsley's Pulitzer-Prize winning play Men in White while the play was still running on Broadway. Clark Gable is cast as Dr. George Ferguson, a dynamic young intern whose brilliant future seems assured. In addition to planning to study in Vienna, then to serve as the assistant to his mentor Dr. Hochberg (Jean Hersholt), Ferguson is slated for a socially prestigious marriage to wealthy Laura Hudson (Myrna Loy). But when Laura begins expressing displeasure over Ferguson's dedication to his work, he enters into a brief affair with student nurse Barbara Dennin (Elizabeth Allan). Upon finding that she's pregnant, Barbara desperately undergoes an illegal abortion (a plot point merely alluded to in the screenplay). The botched operation results in Barbara being rushed into emergency surgery, where her life is in Ferguson's hands. In a third-act climax that would not have seemed out of place on TV's Chicago Hope, Laura finds herself a witness to the operation -- and to Barbara's deathbed "absolution" of Dr. Ferguson's sins. Critics were kind to Men in White, but some felt that the Kingsley original had been unnecessarily reshaped into a Clark Gable vehicle.

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Cast

Actors Character Born
Clark Gable Dr. Ferguson Feb 1, 1901 in Cadiz, OH
Myrna Loy Laura Aug 2, 1905 in Helena, MT
Jean Hersholt Dr. Hochberg Jul 12, 1886 in Copenhagen, Denmark
Elizabeth Allan Barbara Apr 9, 1908 in Skegness, England, UK
Otto Kruger Dr. Levine Sep 6, 1885 in Toledo, OH
C. Henry Gordon Dr. Cunningham
Russell Hardie Dr. Michaelson May 20, 1904 in Buffalo, NY
Henry B. Walthall Dr. McCabe Mar 16, 1878 in Shelby City, AL
Wallace Ford Shorty Feb 12, 1898 in Farnworth, Bolton, England
Russell Hopton Pete Feb 18, 1900 in New York City, NY
Samuel S. Hinds Dr. Gordon Apr 4, 1875 in Brooklyn, New York City, NY
Frank Puglia Dr. Vitale
Donald Douglas Mac

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