HER FAVORITE PATIENT(AKA: BEDSIDE MANNER)(1945)
This is a very ding-bat kind of movie, with a female
doctor heading for Chicago and stopping by to see her
uncle in a small town on the way! There's only two
doctors in the town and her uncle is trying to find
a way to talk her into staying in town! B-
From a reviewer at IMDb.com:
On her way to Chicago, beautiful brunette Ruth Hussey
(as Hedy) picks up three hitchhiking Marines named Tom,
Dick and Harry. Their last names are Smith, Smith and
Smith. Stopping to visit her hometown, Ms. Hussey notices
tall, dark and handsome John Carroll (as Morgan Hale)
and thinks he is her childhood friend Smedley "Smed"
Hoover. He's not. Hussey's uncle, kindly country doctor
Charles Ruggles (as J.H. "Doc" Fredericks), is overworked
and wants his niece to stay in town...
Hussey is a physician, plastic surgeon and psychologist.
When Mr. Carroll falls in love with her, the men conspire
to keep Hussey around. Carroll pretends he has a screw
loose. This is a surreally-written Andrew Stone-directed
comedy. Hussey and Carroll are a charming pair. Esther
Dale (as Gravitt) and the supporting characters are all
fine. Re-titled "Her Favorite Patient" and available on
budget labels, this breezy "Bedside Manner" should be
afforded a restoration and higher profile.
******* Bedside Manner (6/8/45) Andrew Stone ~ Ruth
Hussey, John Carroll, Charles Ruggles, Ann Rutherford - wes-connors
John Carroll ... Morgan Hale
Ruth Hussey ... Dr. Hedy Fredericks, MD
Charles Ruggles ... Dr. J.H. 'Doc' Fredericks
Ann Rutherford ... Lola Cross
Esther Dale ... Martha Gravitt
Grant Mitchell ... Mr. Pope
Frank Jenks ... Pvt. Harry Smith
Vera Marshe ... Mrs. Mary Hastings (as Vera Marsh)
Claudia Drake ... Tanya Punchinskaya
Renee Godfrey ... Stella Livingston
Joel McGinnis ... Pvt Tommy Smith
John James ... Pfc. Dick Smith
Bert Roach ... George Hastings
Demetrius Alexis ... Skyland Cafe Waiter (uncredited)
Sam Bagley ... Club Patron (uncredited)
Chet Brandenburg ... Townsman in Line (uncredited)
Don Brodie ... Mr. Walton (uncredited)
James Conaty ... Bertha's Husband (uncredited)
Madge Crane ... Mrs. Pringle (uncredited)
Mary Currier ... Mrs. Livingston (uncredited)
Jack Deery ... Club Patron (uncredited)
Joe Devlin ... Augustus (uncredited)
Dick Gordon ... Club Patron (uncredited)
Stuart Hall ... Club Patron (uncredited)
George Hoagland ... Party Guest (uncredited)
Earle Hodgins ... Grover Cleveland 'Chatty' Perkins (uncredited)
Victor Kilian ... Board Member (uncredited)
Harold Miller ... Club Patron (uncredited)
Paul Newlan ... Patient in Office (uncredited)
Constance Purdy ... Mrs. Moriarty (uncredited)
Syd Saylor ... Elmer Jones (uncredited)
Mabel Smaney ... Party Guest (uncredited)
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