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Calling Dr. Gillespie
''Calling Dr. Gillespie'' is a 1942 drama film directed by Harold S. Bucquet, starring Lionel Barrymore, Donna Reed and Philip Dorn. This was a continuation of the series that had starred Lew Ayres as Dr. Kildare. Ayres, however, had declared conscientious objector status to World War II, and was taken off the film. Kildare's mentor, Dr. Gillespie, portrayed here and in earlier films by Barrymore, became the lead character. In this first Kildare-less entry, Gillespie has a new assistant, refugee Dutch surgeon Dr. John Hunter Gerniede (Philip Dorn). Plot 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. Emma Hope ( Mary Nash), the head of the school, calls her old friend, Dr. Gillespie. He invites Dr. Gerniede, a surgeon wh ...
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Harold S
Harold may refer to: People * Harold (given name), including a list of persons and fictional characters with the name * Harold (surname), surname in the English language * András Arató, known in meme culture as "Hide the Pain Harold" Arts and entertainment * Harold (film), ''Harold'' (film), a 2008 comedy film * ''Harold'', an 1876 poem by Alfred, Lord Tennyson * ''Harold, the Last of the Saxons'', an 1848 book by Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton * ''Harold or the Norman Conquest'', an opera by Frederic Cowen * ''Harold'', an 1885 opera by Eduard Nápravník * Harold, a character from the cartoon List of The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy characters#Harold, ''The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy'' *Harold & Kumar, a US movie; Harold/Harry is the main actor in the show. Places ;In the United States * Alpine, Los Angeles County, California, an erstwhile settlement that was also known as Harold * Harold, Florida, an unincorporated community * Harold, Kentucky, an ...
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Finishing School
A finishing school focuses on teaching young women social graces and upper-class cultural rites as a preparation for entry into society. The name reflects the fact that it follows ordinary school and is intended to complete a young woman's education by providing classes primarily on deportment, etiquette, and other non-academic subjects. The school may offer an intensive course, or a one-year programme. In the United States, a finishing school is sometimes called a charm school. Graeme Donald claims that the educational ladies' salons of the late 19th century led to the formal finishing institutions common in Switzerland around that time. At the schools' peak, thousands of wealthy young women were sent to one of the dozens of finishing schools available, starting at age 16. The primary goals of such institutions were to teach students the skills necessary to attract a good husband, and to become interesting socialites and wives. The 1960s marked the decline of the finishin ...
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Ava Gardner
Ava Lavinia Gardner (December 24, 1922 – January 25, 1990) was an American actress during the Golden Age of Hollywood. She first signed a contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1941 and appeared mainly in small roles until she drew critics' attention in 1946 with her performance in Robert Siodmak's film noir ''The Killers (1946 film), The Killers''. During the 1950s, Gardner established herself as a leading lady and one of the era's top stars with films like ''Show Boat (1951 film), Show Boat'', ''Pandora and the Flying Dutchman'' (both 1951), ''The Snows of Kilimanjaro (1952 film), The Snows of Kilimanjaro'' (1952), ''Mogambo'' (1953), ''The Barefoot Contessa'' (1954), ''Bhowani Junction (film), Bhowani Junction'' (1956) and ''On the Beach (1959 film), On the Beach'' (1959). She continued her film career for three more decades, appearing in the films ''55 Days at Peking'' (1963), ''Seven Days in May'' (1964), ''The Bible: In the Beginning...'' (1966), and ''Mayerling (1968 film ...
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Eddie Acuff
Edward DeKalb Acuff (June 3, 1903 – December 17, 1956) was an American stage and film actor. He frequently was cast as a droll comic relief, in the support of the star. His best-known recurring role is that of Mr. Beasley, the postman, in the '' Blondie'' movie series that starred Penny Singleton and Arthur Lake. Early years Acuff was born in Caruthersville, Missouri. He was the son of DeKalb Acuff (1880-1916) and his wife Grace (later known as Mrs. H. N. Arnold). Career Before beginning his Hollywood film career in 1934, Acuff performed in Broadway theatre in the early-1930s. His Broadway credits include ''Jayhawker'' (1934), ''Yellow Jack'' (1934), ''John Brown'' (1934), ''Growing Pains'' (1933), ''Heat Lightning'' (1933), and ''The Dark Hours'' (1932). In 1935, Warner Bros. signed Acuff to a long-term contract and scheduled him to debut on film in ''Anchors Aweigh''. He had a recurring role as the postman in the '' Blondie'' film series. Acuff was seen in three fi ...
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Nana Bryant
Nana Irene Bryant (November 23, 1888 – December 24, 1955) was an American film, stage, and television actress. She appeared in more than 100 films between 1935 and 1955. Biography Bryant was born 1888 in Cincinnati, Ohio. She appeared in stock companies in Los Angeles and San Francisco, and spent several seasons on tour. She also played on Broadway, appearing in the then non-singing role of Morgan le Fay in Rodgers and Hart's ''A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court'', before working in films. Her other Broadway credits included ''Marriage Is for Single People'' (1945), ''Baby Pompadour'' (1934), ''A Ship Comes In'' (1934), ''The First Apple'' (1933), ''The Dubarry'' (1932), ''The Stork is Dead'' (1932), ''Heigh-Ho, Everybody'' (1932), ''The Padre'' (1926), ''The Wild Rose'' (1926), ''No More Women'' (1926), ''The Firebrand'' (1924). Bryant had a supporting role in the ''Frank Morgan Show'', a summer replacement for Jack Benny's program in 1946. On television, she ...
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Marie Blake
Edith Marie Blossom MacDonald (August 21, 1895 – January 14, 1978), also known as Blossom Rock, was an American actress of vaudeville, stage, film and television. During her career she was also billed as Marie Blake or Blossom MacDonald. Her younger sister was screen actress and singer Jeanette MacDonald. Rock is best known for her role as " Grandmama" on the 1960s macabre/black comedy sitcom ''The Addams Family''. Personal life Blossom Rock was born on August 21, 1895, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She was the second of three daughters born to Anna May (née Wright) and Daniel McDonald. The family later changed the spelling of their last name to MacDonald. As a youth, Blossom first performed in vaudeville with her younger sister, Jeanette. She had an elder sister, Elsie Wallace MacDonald, who had also been a vaudeville performer and then operated a dance school until 1962. She married actor Clarence Warren Rock, on September 26, 1926, in Manhattan, and they performed ...
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Jonathan Hale
Jonathan Hale (born Jonathan Hatley; March 21, 1891 – February 28, 1966) was a Canadian-born film and television actor. Life and career Hale was born in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Before his acting career, Hale worked in the Diplomatic Corps. Hale is most well known as Dagwood Bumstead's boss, Julius Caesar Dithers, in the '' Blondie'' film series in the 1940s. He is also notable for playing Inspector Fernack in several installments of ''The Saint'' film series. In 1950, he made two appearances in ''The Cisco Kid'' as Barry Owens. He also appeared in two episodes of '' Adventures of Superman'': "The Evil Three", in which he played a murderous "Southern Colonel"-type character, and " Panic in the Sky", in which he played the lead astronomer at the Metropolis Observatory. Other television programs on which Hale appeared include '' Crossroads'', ''The Loretta Young Show'', '' Brave Eagle'', '' Schlitz Playhouse'', '' The Joey Bishop Show'', ''Our Miss Brooks'' and ''Walt Di ...
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Nell Craig
Nell Craig (June 13, 1891 – January 5, 1965) was an American actress. Partial filmography * ''In the Palace of the King'' (1916, Essanay) * '' The Triflers'' (1920) * ''The Desperate Hero'' (1920) * '' Passion's Playground'' (1920) * '' Her First Elopement'' (1920) * '' The Queen of Sheba'' (1921) * '' Remembrance'' (1922) * ''The Abysmal Brute'' (1923) * ''Abraham Lincoln'' (1924) * '' A Boy of Flanders'' (1924) * '' Cimarron'' (1931) * '' Hold Your Man'' (1933) * '' Beauty for Sale'' (1933) * '' I'm No Angel'' (1933) * ''The Cat's-Paw'' (1934) * '' The Lemon Drop Kid'' (1934) * ''Mad Love'' (1935) * '' The Secret of Dr. Kildare'' (1939) * '' Dr. Kildare's Strange Case'' (1940) * '' Beyond Tomorrow'' (1940) * ''Dr. Kildare Goes Home'' (1940) * '' Nobody's Children'' (1940) * '' Dr. Kildare's Crisis'' (1940) * '' The People vs. Dr. Kildare'' (1941) * '' Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day'' (1941) * '' Dr. Kildare's Victory'' (1942) * '' Calling Dr. Gillespie'' (1942) * '' Dr. Gillespi ...
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Walter Kingsford
Walter Kingsford (born Walter Pearce; 20 September 1881 – 7 February 1958) was an English stage, film, and television actor. Early years Kingsford was born in Redhill, Surrey, England. Career Kingsford began his acting career on the London stage. He also had a long Broadway career, appearing in plays from the 1912 original American production of George Bernard Shaw's '' Fanny's First Play'' to 1944's '' Song of Norway''. In the early 1920s, Kingford was active with the Henry Jewett Players. Kingsford moved to Hollywood, California, for a prolific film career in supporting parts. On screen, he specialised in portraying authority figures such as noblemen, heads of state, doctors, police inspectors and lawyers. He is best known for his recurring role as the snobbish hospital head Dr. P. Walter Carew in the popular '' Dr. Kildare'' (and Dr. Gillespie) film series. Kingsford had numerous television appearances in the 1950s. They included '' TV Reader's Digest'', ''Com ...
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Alma Kruger
Alma Kruger (September 13, 1871 – April 5, 1960) was an American actress. Career Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Kruger had a long career on stage before appearing in films. From 1907 to 1935, she featured in theatre plays on Broadway, mostly in William Shakespeare, Shakespearean plays such as ''Hamlet'' (as Gertrude), ''Twelfth Night'' (as Olivia), ''Taming of the Shrew'' (Widow), and ''The Merchant of Venice'' (Nerissa). Kruger was brought to Hollywood by Samuel Goldwyn. She appeared in her first film ''These Three'' (1936) while in her 60s. She then proceeded to act in over 40 films in the space of little more than a decade. Among her notable roles was Nurse Molly Byrd, the superintendent of nurses in the popular Dr. Kildare/Dr. Gillespie film series, appearing in all but the first two of the 16 movies. She portrayed Empress Maria Theresa of Austria in ''Marie Antoinette (1938 film), Marie Antoinette'' (1938) and the almost mother-in-law of Rosalind Russell's lead ...
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Nat Pendleton
Nathaniel Greene Pendleton (August 9, 1895 – October 12, 1967) was an American Olympic wrestler, film actor, and stage performer. His younger brother, Edmund J. Pendleton (1899–1987), was a well-known music composer and choir master and organist for the American Church in Paris. Early life Nat Pendleton was born as Nathaniel Greene Pendleton in 1895 in Davenport, Iowa to Adelaide Elizabeth (née Johnson) Pendleton (1873–1960) and Nathaniel Greene Pendleton (1861–1914), an attorney, who was reportedly a descendant of American Revolutionary general Nathanael Greene."Nat Pendleton, Movie Character Actor, Dies", ''Los Angeles Times'', October 13, 1967, section II, p. 8. ProQuest Historical Newspapers. By March 1899, the Pendletons had moved to Cincinnati, and then later to New York. Nat went to Brooklyn's Poly Prep High School. Nat studied at Columbia University, graduating in 1916. Pendleton spoke four languages, received an economics degree, and, in 2006, w ...
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Charles Dingle
Charles Dingle (December 28, 1887 – January 19, 1956) was an American stage and film actor. Early life Dingle was born December 28, 1887, in Wabash, Indiana. His father was John Crockett Dingle, and he was said to be a descendant of Davy Crockett. Career Dingle's dramatic debut came in a production of ''Forgiven''. At age 14 he portrayed a 65-year-old man. When he was 18, he became the Woodward Stock Company's leading man. In 1914 he was the Fosberg Players' leading man. He began selling real estate in New Jersey in 1927, but he made his Broadway debut in ''Killers'' in 1928. After that he again sold real estate, but decreasing sales led him back to acting. Better roles followed including Duke Theseus in the 1932 revival of '' A Midsummer Night's Dream'' and Sheriff Cole in '' Let Freedom Ring'' in 1935. He made his musical debut in Irving Berlin's '' Miss Liberty'' in 1950. A veteran of over 50 feature films, he was best known for portraying hard edged businessmen ...
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