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Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day (1941)

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When MGM decided to move up-and-coming star Laraine Day out of the "Dr. Kildare" series, the studio did so in a startlingly dramatic fashion. In Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day, Dr. Jim Kildare (Lew Ayres) and nurse Mary Lamont (Laraine Day) are finally able to exchange their marital vows. Alas, the honeymoon ends abruptly when poor Mary is struck down and killed by a speeding truck (hopefully, it is safe to give away this plot twist at this late date). Numbed by grief, Kildare is snapped out of his doldrums by his crusty mentor Dr. Gillespie (Lionel Barrymore), who urges the young medico to honor Mary's memory by continuing to help others. The grimmer aspects of Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day are offset by several comic subplots, one of which involves an orchestra leader (Nils Asther) who suffers buzzing in his ears due to his eating habits! ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Starring:: Lew Ayres, Lionel Barrymore, (more)

Director(s):: Harold S. Bucquet

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Synopsis of Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day

When MGM decided to move up-and-coming star Laraine Day out of the "Dr. Kildare" series, the studio did so in a startlingly dramatic fashion. In Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day, Dr. Jim Kildare (Lew Ayres) and nurse Mary Lamont (Laraine Day) are finally able to exchange their marital vows. Alas, the honeymoon ends abruptly when poor Mary is struck down and killed by a speeding truck (hopefully, it is safe to give away this plot twist at this late date). Numbed by grief, Kildare is snapped out of his doldrums by his crusty mentor Dr. Gillespie (Lionel Barrymore), who urges the young medico to honor Mary's memory by continuing to help others. The grimmer aspects of Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day are offset by several comic subplots, one of which involves an orchestra leader (Nils Asther) who suffers buzzing in his ears due to his eating habits! ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Complete Cast of Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day

Lew Ayres - Dr. James Kildare
Laraine Day - Mary Lamont
Alma Kruger - Molly Byrd
Nils Asther - Constanzo Labardi
Emma Dunn - Mrs. Martha Kildare
Nell Craig - Nurse Parker
George H. Reed - Conover
Margaret Seddon - Mrs. Bartlett
Ralph Byrd - Cop
Fay Holden - Mrs. Bartlett

Lionel Barrymore - Dr. Leonard Gillespie
Red Skelton - Vernon Briggs
Samuel S. Hinds - Dr. Stephen Kildare
Walter Kingsford - Dr. Walter Carew
Miles Mander - Dr. Lockberg
Frank Orth - Mike Ryan
Marie Blake - Sally
Eddie Acuff - Clifford Genet
Connie Gilchrist - Jennie
Ann Doran - Nurse

Director(s):: Harold S. Bucquet

Writer(s):: Willis Goldbeck, Max Brand, Harry Ruskin

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