Between Two Women (1945 film)
Between Two Women | |
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Directed by | Willis Goldbeck |
Written by | Max Brand Harry Ruskin |
Produced by | Carey Wilson |
Starring | Lionel Barrymore Van Johnson Gloria DeHaven |
Cinematography | Harold Rosson |
Edited by | Adrienne Fazan |
Music by | David Snell |
Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
Release date |
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Running time | 83 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $436,000[1] |
Box office | $2,282,000[1] |
Between Two Women, made in 1945, was the sixteenth film in the
Plot
This episode in the series should have been called Between Three Women, because there are plot strands involving three, not two, women. Dr. Gillespie's (
There are some scenes in the singer's night club that draw inspiration from the country's immersion in the
(Allmovie.com's synopsis of the movie has Red romantically involved with ailing socialite Cynthia Grace (Lucille Bremer), who supposedly suffers from a life-threatening blood clot,[3] but this is the plot for Dark Delusion.)
Cast
- Van Johnson as Dr. Randall 'Red' Adams
- Lionel Barrymore as Dr. Leonard B. Gillespie
- Marilyn Maxwell as Ruth Edley
- Gloria DeHaven as Edna
- Keenan Wynn as Tobey
- Keye Luke as Dr. Lee Wong How aka Dr. Lee
- Alma Kruger as Nurse Molly Byrd
- Walter Kingsford as Dr. Walter Carew
- Marie Blakeas Sally
- Nell Craig as Nurse 'Nosey' Parker
- Shirley Patterson as Nurse Thorsen
- Edna Holland as Nurse Morgan
- Lorraine Miller as Marion
- Eddie Acuff as Orderly
- Tom Trout as Eddie Smith
Production
The draft script included a plotline involving twin sisters, one of whom is pregnant, that Dr. Adams and Dr. Gillespie believe are the same person. The doctors describe various tests in a comedic competition to prove whether she is pregnant. After reviewing the script, the
Reception
According to MGM records the movie was the most popular in the series yet, in part because of the rising popularity of Van Johnson. The film earned $1,896,000 in the United States and Canada, and $386,000 elsewhere, making a profit of $1,184,000, a remarkable figure for a B movie.[1]
References
External links
- Between Two Women at IMDb
- Synopsis at AllMovie
- Between Two Women at the TCM Movie Database
- Between Two Women at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films