 The story of dr. Kildare Whatsoever house I enter there will I go for the benefit of the sick or whatsoever things I see or hear concerning the life of men I will keep silence there on counting such things to be held as sacred trust I'll exercise my art totally The story of dr. Kildare starring Lou Ayers and Lionel Bara boy Metro Goldwyn Mayer brought you those famous motion pictures now this exciting heartwarming series is heard on radio In just a moment the story of dr. Kildare But first your announcement player general hospital one of the great citadel of American medicine Clump of gray white buildings planted deep in the heart of New York the nerve center of medical progress Great minds and skilled hands wage man's everlasting battle against death and disease Player general hospital where life begins where life ends where life goes on Jimmy I have been sitting here for the last half hour Considering the matter from every possible angle, and I can see only one conclusion conclusion matter What are you talking about? Oh, Jimmy put that book down, please. Hmm Now you have reached an age when you ought to start thinking about settling down. Oh Yes, so that's it. You ought to find some attractive young girl and get married. Well, let's see It's 10 30 now. Who could I call up and I don't mean tonight tomorrow then? Oh, no compounded You know perfectly well what I mean. You ought to start thinking about it. All right, dr. Gillespie Well, what are you sitting there looking like a sick fish for I'm thinking about your stuff Look, you wouldn't have some particular person in mind. Would you I've cost not of God Never tried to run your life. Have I Jimmy? Oh, no, no, you lean over backward. Oh, maybe you know However, mm-hmm. I haven't been noticing that little nurse on the fourth floor Miss Spirner, I believe her name is why a doctor at your age. Oh, I mean I've been noticing her for you Oh for me look I'm found a Jimmy. No, I'm serious There's a mad man down there. There's one up here. Oh stop blowing your siren Parker. What's the trouble? I just told you it's a mad man And he's down to receiving death and he came in a tassie and he just formed up here And he wants a doctor and his name is mumpkin and his wife Can over wait a second is that willy mumpkin? That's right Dr. Joe, there's names Willie and his wife's gonna have a baby any minute. Well, if she is I'm crazy I just examined her two days ago. Oh, she's a patient of yours. Yes, and she isn't do here for at least three weeks yet Hey doctor, here he comes. I need a doctor. Where can I find me a dog? Oh, there you are Willie What's all the time to talk? Just grab a bag and come on doctor. They're taking her up on the elevator now I haven't got a minute to lose why not why not? Well, you know why not because Betty Jane's gonna have a baby next couple of weeks Maybe I'm talking about tonight. That's what I mean tonight any minute now. Maybe we're too late already Come on. She's got pains all across here, and I had a heck of a time a mr. Mumpkin, but what did your wife have for dinner this evening dinner? Hmm dinner while I some fried shrimp and a couple of pork chops and fried potatoes still pickle stash of ice cream with raw berries What are you laughing at Willie? We think the only thing Betty Jane is going to have tonight is a case of indigestion Come on. Let's go have a look at it. But dr. Kildare. I thought she was well when she I I mean I I Don't know anything about these things Parker That boy ought to be married. Oh, yes, I think every young couple ought it Confound it. I'm talking about killed dare you idiot Morning dr. Gillespie Good morning Jimmy Miss Verna and I were just talking about you Oh, hello Diana. I didn't see you we were just talking about that young man who came rushing in here with his Oh, they're quite a couple come from some little farm town in Indiana Mm-hmm Willie's father runs the local newspaper and Willie's here taking a course in advertising or something I've only been married about a year. I think it's just darling the way he was He's very serious about his approaching fatherhood and he should be Jimmy Be marriage is a great institution. Oh, I agree with you doctor. I think every family ought to have one Oh Thank you dr. Gillespie it is proper, you know that one knocks before entering the room entirely unnecessary in your case Karoo, I can smell your gardenia 20 feet away Peace not in front of it. Well, that is we must remember our discipline, you know Dr. Gillespie, I believe I better take those reports now if you're through with him Wait a second, I'll get rid of this fellow Karoo Watch on your mind. My business is with dr. Kildare if it's quite alright with you Well, come on then come on and get it over with Dear what sort of business is it dr. Frogan? It's one of your patients dr. Kildare and mr. Lumpkin. Oh Willie creating a disturbance on the seventh floor has been all morning and no one could do a thing with him What's he doing here anywhere? No visiting hours this time of the morning precisely the message I sent him dr. Gillespie and he told the nurse to tell me that I could Care to sully myself by repeating his remark Dr. Gillespie I I Oh dear I I must run along if I stay here another minute. I'll be ruined with the entirety Dr. Kildare, I leave the matter entirely in your hand You've got him so flustered. He didn't even say what this disturbance is Well, I guess I'd better go see what oh, I'll take care of it Jimmy. I'll be glad to you stay right here now and talk to What and tarnation's happened to her. Oh, she left no interest in therapeutic romance. I guess Great horn spoon. Come on Cuba. Let's go talk to Willie Dr. Kildare we're not playing the 1812 overture on this record machine just entertain ourselves We've got a purpose purpose Willie would that purpose have anything to do with this book on the theory of relativity Well, sure. I've been reading it out loud the Betty Jean You see we want them to have the right kind of a brain all prenatal influence Well, of course, I don't actually believe in it Dr. Kildare, but well Willie figures there's no harm in trying Oh, I guess there isn't only how by using a low-volume influence the superintendent's complaining about the noise Well, maybe it was a little one another thing Willie no guests in the room, please accepted visiting hours What gosh Betty Jane's gonna have a baby. She needs me for what? Willie if you're going to live here at the hospital, you'll have to make your headquarters in one of the lounges, okay? Now honey you send for me if anything happens Now if they don't come for me you yell I'll be back later Betty Jane Gosh, I still can't imagine her about to be a mother and you better get ready for a shock, but she's so young Of course, I'm 21, but Betty Jane still just a kid. Oh, she'll go out of that. You were young once too, you know Willie as an experienced husband and Prospective father, what's your opinion of marriage in general? Oh, it's great dr. Gillespie terrific I wouldn't have it any other way and you'd advised every young man who's still single to get married. Is that right? Oh, sure. There's nothing like it if you see killed air. It's just like I've been telling you now Where that tarnation did he go? Oh What is it Willie at 2 a.m. What what's the matter? Willie Willie hold it a second, please look I checked the RH factor when your wife first came to me seven months ago Yes Yes Supposing it weren't what would you do about it? No Where are you any even on a sofa? We'll go back to sleep then you've got plenty of time a couple of days or so a great idea Willie you do that Good night. See any reason why these reports have to be made out tonight dr. Gillespie they're not due for another week yet Well, it's always a good idea to get them done ahead of time Jimmy Now I've had miss Verna time to help you and you can use this private office here But it's nearly midnight. Oh, don't worry about me as far as time is concerned I'd be on floor duty anyway. Oh, I know Diana But I don't think you understand the slice scheming's of this man's mind dr. Gillespie. Oh, it doesn't take an x-ray to see through him Then it's all settled you go right on in there now It's nice and quiet and you won't be bothered. No, I'm sure we won't shouldn't take over an hour or two And maybe you could have a sandwich or something at the wover of Sullivan's all go dancing, maybe It'll be early enough, but I'm still on duty dr. Don't worry miss Verna. I'll take care of everything. Yes up to and including the final bless you my children Oh now Jimmy, I am merely trying to get set and that's very work done in the most efficient manner Oh, there you are. Well Parker, what do you want? Nothing from you that's a killer the confinement ward Just called their sending station of yours to the delivery room. Oh, well, I was can't you see killed there's busy I'll take care of this thing. You'll take care of it. That's a Gillespie This is an old B case, and you haven't delivered a baby in 14 years. Well, I'll I'll I'll get somebody Parker. It isn't that young mrs. Mumpkin is it that's right dr. Kildare. You missed your guess by about eight hours. Oh, it seems well I've got to get to work. I and I guess you may as well go back on floor duty. Very well. No, Jimmy Let's work this thing out somewhere. I'll send more of the intern. Oh sail doctor. This one's on me Oh, by the way, where's Willie? I thought he'd be war-hooping in the corridors when this finally happened Oh, he's out there in the lounge dr. Kildare sound asleep. Shall I wake? Oh good heavens? No with all those books He's ready probably want to hang over my shoulder and tell me what I was doing wrong. Well, I've got a date with the store No way you made Jimmy wait a minute. You're just kind of brilliant. Oh You're just mad because he's independent and won't take orders a cord is Help me. I'll get that boy married if I have to if I have to marry him yourself Oh shut up. We returned to the story of dr. Kildare in just a moment Like you there are times, you know when a man is entirely superfluous. Well, maybe so but at least I know what was happening How do I know what's going on in there? Well, I thought it'd make you feel any better I'd tell you and I've been reading up on this kind of stuff and I wanted to make sure everything was done, right? Yes, I think that's exactly what dr. Kildare was afraid of now. Why don't you sit down there sit down? How can I sit down when I'm going through this? You don't know you've never been a father No, you certainly won't get any argument on that well the way I figure it a man's got special rights when he's having a baby Definitely mr. Monk and his wife for instance should be out giving away cigars instead of loafing in bed Well, I mean, of course, it's Betty Jane who's having the baby but after all But he is opposed they're doing in there so long. I don't know maybe it's twins. Oh, no No, don't say that but don't even think it what's thinking got to do with it. Oh, well here comes dr. Kildare. Well, then it's over. I mean is it doctor. Yes, it's over Willie You can uncross your fingers now. How's Betty Jane, huh? They'll have her back in her room in 10 or 15 minutes You can go down wait for her if you like. I gotta sit down and do that Hey, where's the baby in charge of the maternity nurse at the moment and no visitors before tomorrow morning All right, but I've been wondering about something. I read in one of those books Oh the way I get it you put a whole bunch of babies all together in the same Room and what's to keep them from getting mixed up? Is that it? Well, I sure don't want somebody else's I want mine and for better or worse Willie, that's exactly what you'll get. We've already taken footprints. There won't be any mixer. Well good I was afraid you might forget. Oh, yes, we're continually misplacing children around the hospital here Oh boy, just wait till he heard about this back home. Just wait. Oh Betty Jane's mother hears about it Well, I doubt if it'll be a great surprise to her. No, but she's always treated me like a kid Hey, what am I doing here? I want to see my wife. Oh By the way, Willie, huh? Wouldn't you like to know what kind it is? It's a boy, isn't it? A girl what else is there? Oh At least it's a baby and it's here. That's the important sure and better luck next year next year Look dr. Kilder. You don't think I'm ever gonna go through with a thing like this again. Do you? No question about it. You meet the best time of day around the hospitals after 10 o'clock in the evening Well, could be no doubt event just listen Everything quiet and peaceful. It's a time for leaning back and taking stock of things. All right, doctor And for considering the past For planning the future and for getting ready to lead up to something I don't know what you're talking about. No, there's not anything just falling in with your mood Jimmy we are not getting any younger, you know Yes, I can feel a certain profundity in that statement and time seems to be slipping away from us So it does so it does maybe we'd better make out those reports before it's too late reports Oh, well, yeah, I was coming to that. Yes, I thought you were as a matter of fact I uh, I thought you might want to get him out of the way tonight glad to yeah Uh, someone here to help you. I just phoned a few minutes ago Now I wonder who that could be as if I didn't know Ah confounded jimmy. She's a very attractive girl. I agree And it's time you were settling down with the wife Well, when I do dr. Gillespie it won't be on your diagnosis or your prescription Ah jimmy now that that hurts me it really hurts me Why I wouldn't think of trying to run your life for you I wouldn't think of trying to prescribe any particular kind of Well, doctor, how can we be nice to her? Don't jump to conclusions. Look are over. All right, sure Come in miss verna Hello, willy come on in I hate to bust in this time of night and I guess you were expecting somebody else But I got to talk to you about something pretty terrible. No, what's the trouble now? Well, it's this snapshot of the baby I got a candid camera. You see and I've been sneaking up to the nursery with it. Good picture Yeah, but look at the face doctor killed there. What do you mean? Well, she don't look like me and she don't look like betty jane In fact, she's a dead ringer for a great animal that's Well Daffy, I mean, she's not real crazy But willy all babies look that way for the first few weeks Now, please please go to bed and stop worrying. Well, if you say so doctor killed there But gosh when I saw that face, I you're good night. Well a good night. Good night. Good night, dr. Gillespie. Good night Good night One thing about this place after 10 in the evening. It's all we're so quiet and peaceful Young idiot. No. No. No. He's a family man with worries and responsibilities He's uh married. I don't care whether he's married All right, jeffie. All right. You promise to keep an open head wide open Come in miss verner I am not miss verner Precisely. Well, what do you want? Well, I could say a little more respect dr. Glitter. Yeah Please Dr. Gilliam, you must positively do something about this this bumpkin person Oh, what's he been up to now? Oh merely his usual career of menace He's been firing some kind of fash gun in the nursery scaring babies have all of the witness. Yes. Yes. He was taking pictures It doesn't matter what he was doing dr. Gill there. We simply cannot have that sort of thing and you know it All right, karoo. You've spilled it now. Good night. Dr. Gillespie. We'll take care of it in the morning As a matter of fact, I think I'd better speak to willy tonight. You may no no telling what he might do before morning Come on dr. Karoo. I'll walk out to the elevator. Hi Kill there come back here those reports, you know killed it I never saw such a stubborn headstrong young fool in my life won't take advice won't listen to reason won't Parker I don't hear don't stand there knocking like an idiot open the door Well, I'm sorry dr. Gillespie. Oh, miss verner. Yeah Well, I was expecting someone else, but you did stand for me, didn't you? Sent for you. Well, I uh, uh miss verner If I did and at this point I am not quite certain Then you better just regard the whole thing as an unfortunate mistake Taxi waiting downstairs, but willy and I just had to run in and thank you before we left. Oh now, honey Oh dr. Gillespie, wouldn't you like to hold the baby for a minute? Oh, yeah, surely Well killed there This young lady can thank you. I didn't have anything to do with it Oh, I didn't have much to do with it either. Maybe it was just one of those natural occurrences Well, don't call it just one as far as I'm concerned. It's going to be the only one Well, I don't know willy after all those books you read on the subject You should be an authority by the next time. I guess I did kind of make a nuisance out of myself Oh, well, it's a funny thing, you know, but I've been around this hospital for 35 years And I haven't seen an expectant father yet who didn't Well, willy, we've got to run. I'm not supposed to stand up too much, you know Okay, honey. Well, if either one of you ever get out in our part of indiana while you drop in and see it Oh, thank you Goodbye Oh my happens. They forgot the baby Hey, willy Let's be precise. Thank you. Good night That young maniac is departed safely with his baby. It's just barely possible. We can settle down to normal business again And by normal business, I'll lay five to one that you mean those reports Well, yes, yes I think we better get them out of the way jimmy. All right. I'll I'll make them out now Good good. Now, of course, you'll need some help Oh, I I'll ring molly bird and ask you to assign somebody to dr. Gillespie. You may as well hang up the phone Oh, huh? You're wasting your time, you know I don't know what you're talking about. Oh, I do You see miss bernard left early this morning on a two week vacation In just a moment, we will return to the story of dr. Kildare Parker dr. Gillespie in yes, he's there in his office. Just go right in. Thank you Come on Diana just marvelous Is busy dr. Gillespie. No, no jimmy. No, no, no. Come in. Come on. I've got somebody with me Uh, we want to show you something Oh Well, come in come in both of you I told dr. Kildare. He should just tell you about it He insisted that I show you show me Oh, well, I suppose that is the best idea Well, you see, I knew you'd never believe it just hearing about it. You'd go right on prescribing as usual Jimmy, I'm afraid I show him Diana See dr. Gillespie on my left hand Ah by the great orns Engaged Congratulations. Thank you I'd give enough hope. I didn't think you'd do it. We didn't I decided you were just too cut But what did you say jimmy brace yourself dr. What are you talking about? I just wanted Diana to show you her ring so you'd stop prescribing her She's engaged. She's going to be married next month But not to me I've just heard the story of dr. Kildare starring Lou Ayres and Lionel Barrymore This program was written by less crutchfield and directed by william p russo Original music was composed and conducted by walter schumann Supporting cast included virginia greg ted osburn bill tracy charon douglas and georgia ellis dick joy speaking