Has anyone seen the movie "Night Nurse"

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I saw this movie the other day, made in 1931, with Clark Gable and Barbara Stanwyck. Besides being a pretty good oldie, it was enjoyable seeng the big screen portrayal of nursing as it was back then. One particularly funny thing was as punishment for acting up in the dorm, the new nurses were "punished" by being assigned to 2 weeks in the ER on the night shift! Also, one funny quote was by Barbara Stanwyck, referring to the difficulty of getting a job as a nurse..."I used to think this place would burn down before I got in, now you've got to watch me around matches". I also found it funny that apparently the treatment for malnutrition back then was to put a child in a double boiler "milk bath" on a stove. Overall, it's a good movie and worth a watch if you can find it.

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I think I saw that the other day on AMC, Clark Gable was the oh so handsome bad guy was he not? Barbara always managed to be such a modern woman. When I was a small child in the 1950s I always believed a woman could do anything or be anything when I saw her on the screen. That movie is a pre code movie, which means if was from a time before censorship. I believe it is part of the Forbidden Hollywood series.

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Specializes in Med/Surg, Geriatrics.

Yes, I saw it about a month ago I think. I posted a review of it on this forum:

https://allnurses.com/forums/f8/night-nurse-movie-review-268568.html

check it out and tell me if you agree with my assessment. (it sounds like we were amused by some of the same things)

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And I'll bet it was about as realistic as portrayals of nurses in modern TV shows and movies.

JMHO.

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