 The story of dr. Kildare What's whoever house I enter there? Will I go for the benefit of the sick? What's whoever 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 will exercise my art The story of dr. Kildare starring Lou Ayres and Lionel Barrymore Metro-Goldwyn-Mare brought you those famous motion pictures now this exciting heartwarming series has heard on radio In just a moment the story of dr. Kildare But first you're an answer Now the story of dr. Kildare starring Lou Ayres as dr. Kildare and Lionel Barrymore as dr. Gillespie Player general hospital one of the great citadels of American medicine a Clump of gray-white buildings planted deep in the heart of New York The nerve center of medical progress Were great minds and skilled hands wage man's everlasting fight against death Player general hospital whose ministry of mercy reaches out from its quiet halls to the highways and byways of a huge Yes, sir. Docs many the time killed their road with me in this ambulance Of course, he was just an infant and like you before they made him a resident interesting women We'll keep your eyes on the road. Those are the police players around the smash-up just ahead She was unconscious when women and I got that after killing I couldn't bring it to deep shock Morton He's had tetanus and a toxin of course. Yes, sir Leg look pretty bad. So we rushed to right in boy. I come in from Riverdale and nothing flat You should have seen me doctor. I've seen you women Yes, doctor blood plasma supplement with glucose intravenous Morton, how long had you been lying there on the road? At least a half an hour. I imagine not much traffic out there this late at night And man might have made a lot of difference. You know who she is. No, sir. No identification on her driver's license No driver's license. No, nothing doc. She must have been doing 70 when she met up with that tree Hmm nurses dr. Glass we've been called. Yes, doctor. Will you check again to see that he's on his way? Only we could locate her family Got to have their consent for what to save her life. I guess it almost amounts to that Morton We have to protect the hospital When we go into surgery, we've got to have consent from either the patient or a next-to-kin Yes, Dr. Gillespie this girl should be operated on immediately What wrong with the circulation completely destroyed one lesion gangrenous already not a chance of saving her leg Well, then what are you waiting for? I haven't got consent. Why not cause the patients in no condition to sign We haven't been able to reach her parents. Oh Looks like we're sort of stymied Jimmy. Yes No, we're not that girl's going into surgery you mean you'd amputate Without consent if it's the only way to save her life today. This girl is your patient. Thanks, dr. Glass me Nurse prepare the patient for surgery Morning dr. Kildare morning nurse. Oh, how's our patient miss Northrop the entity? Yes No change doctor Dispondent uncooperative Apparently no desire to overcome her handicap Been the same for three months. No, it's understandable. I could only find someone who knows it It's not easy for an attractive young girl to accept the loss of a leg Yes Well, that's my problem. I'll go in and see you now Good morning, miss Northrop get out I've had the same greeting for three months leave me alone dr. Kildare. I don't want to miss North don't you understand. I Do understand but please won't you tell me the name of some person you know some of your friends I have no friends and if I did have I wouldn't want to see them you need them when you leave here I'm not leaving here. You can't stay here forever. You know when you're cured. You must leave to make room for some other patient Please tell me their name. No And leave me alone. Why won't you try to walk? Come on? I'll help you don't touch me Sorry for me. I can see it in your face. I don't feel pity for you or sympathy All I want is to be able to close the book on your case and mark it successful I won't be able to do that until you walk How can you look at me and imagine that I'll ever be called a success when I look at you? I can't think of one reason why you shouldn't be you have youth and beauty and on the debit side of my ledger I have one leg the books just don't balance dr. Kildare You'll only listen to me. You can learn to forget your problem. You will forget it in time But you must learn to walk just work with me give yourself a chance a chance dr. Kildare That's very funny a chance to go swimming again a chance to go dancing I'd do a very grateful rumber dr. Kildare. I'd rather die No, no, no, no, no, no Why in thunder are you always poking around here when I don't want you and as soon as I do need you You're off in another country. Oh Didn't I tell you to get dr. Kildare? He's on his way now. Well, how long to take a man to come down fourth flight Exactly one minute dr. Gillespie. Oh Hello Kildare yeah Kildare I Hear you've been having trouble with that Northrop girl and fall away again. That's right. I told you Oh, I've got my spies all over the place Got your every move chartered like a rising temperature. Don't I know? Well, Miss Northrop is difficult. All right I've done everything to induce the proper mental outlook. Well, she certainly seems to be well enough physically Medically I should have been leading a normal life by now Every day she stays here makes it worse for her. She thinks she can hide from the world for the rest of her life You've done everything you possibly can for us. Yes, and it doesn't work Only there was some way I could make her have faith in me believe in me believe that what I'm doing is best for her I think perhaps it would be best for both of you if you got off the case No, if Miss Northrop succeeds in disposing of me, I'll be only the first in a long succession of doctors. Hmm That's a good analysis Not enough to save a patient's life if you also destroy the incentive to live Amputating that girl's leg was a delicate operation that I had to perform But getting her to accept the fact and find the ability to cope with it is an even more delicate operation. No, doctor Deserting that girl now be like walking out in the middle of an operation leaving the patient helpless on the table I like to hear you talk like that Only I knew how to get to her winner over to my way of thinking must be away and must you'll find it Jimmy You'll find it. I believe in you Oh They told me you were her doctor you've got to let me in to see a wolf on us a little down here a minute Who is it you wish to see Marjorie Marjorie Northrop? We've been engaged for over a year doctor if you've been for the last three months looking for her. Please take me to a doctor What's your name? Willard Mason What's wrong with her? She'll be all right. Well, then you let me see her. No Miss Northrop has issued orders that no one is to see her and the hospital has to abide by those orders No one will stop me from seeing her just tell her that Willard Mason is here. That's all. It's no use I think particularly you're the one person. She's afraid to see afraid to see me Mr. Mason she was in an automobile accident. It was necessary to amputate her right leg Amputate I don't believe you you still want to see her More than ever He knows how much I love her She must know that what happened can affect my feeling for her in the slightest You might consider that what has happened may have affected her feeling for you, but at a time like this doctor I should think she'd want to see me more than ever. She'd need someone to lean on I agree with you But I'm afraid she won't she resents pity and sympathy, but I won't give her any I'll just make believe that's nothing's happened I'll avoid any mention of her leg. That's the one thing you mustn't do. They only makes it more obvious Miss try to understand what she's going through mentally I'm sorry, doctor. It's a terrible shock I Certainly no room 408. That's what she is right up the hall. Yes, but no wait a minute. Where are you going for a wait? All right, we'll just wait here a minute I'm glad you told how you thought but I think right now it'd be best for you to leave March please Miss north of surely you know now that what happened to you doesn't matter to him or anyone else He still loves you and if you love him, that's all that matters. Oh, please try to understand Are you and you've lived through it when you lose the fear that you now have a facing people you will have won your fight I see everything You planned is coming here to humiliate me you dr. Kildare. I hate you Story of dr. Kildare will continue in just a moment you with a story of dr. Kildare Starring Lou Ayers as dr. Kildare and Lionel Barrymore as dr. Gillespie That's a Gillespie's office. There's Parker What? Those clinical reports on rehabilitation cases. Oh, yes, Dr. Gillespie will be sending them back to you today There's a name Dr. Gillespie and oh, yes, Dr. Soda and if he anxious to see you really trouble Parker trouble Dr. Kuru just left the office black as a thundercloud. That's not an unusual occurrence in this office Dr. Kuru was yelling that let's be better. Let's you walk that northward case immediately. I see thanks for the tip Parker Watch all the whispering There Sit down Now Tell me how you're coming on with the north of girl. Well, dr. Gillespie on Pray that I'm going to have to give up on this one. Yeah me. I don't fool me You've never admitted defeat in your life I haven't forgotten that dr. Kuru ordered you to take me off the case this morning kill there No reason why you should get in trouble because of me. I never get in trouble I don't need anyone wiping my nose I'll handle my own affairs in this hospital Just the same. I think I'd like to be relieved with the north of case As a matter of fact that fool Kuru was just laid down the law Well, maybe just as well You know who'll be taking over haven't assigned another doctor yet My drop-in on the girl myself today, too good And you can disregard all the basic mental therapeutic treatment. I tried I pleaded and kid joe I tried and appealed to reason and intelligence. I was cruel and cold Nothing through the slightest response kill there I've removed you from the case But I can still ask a staff member to accompany me when I visit a patient dr. Gillespie I don't really know why I worried about you getting in trouble. You go looking for it. I'd be delighted to accompany you Today miss Northrup. Hello dr. Gillespie What is dr. Kildare doing here? I thought he was relieved of my case. Well now a kill there is showing me round Until another doctor is assigned to you. It's just procedure. I have to learn all the facts Let's say kill there is a guest not my guest Dr. Kildare saved my life when he amputated my leg. I prefer to die So I'm not grateful to him for what remains of me. There's not since I'm no longer your doctor May I just say one word as a friend as a friend? Yes You seem to feel you have no value in society But believe me you have a place a worthwhile place and it's waiting for you whenever you make up your mind that you're ready The sooner the better dr. Gillespie making get out. I don't have to listen to him now Do I certainly not? Well, you heard the young lady what kill there I'm beginning to get the impression that you were derelict in your duty There's no reason for miss Northrup to be in such an emotional state Perhaps I was the wrong doctor for you certainly were you certainly were Your best wasn't good enough not good enough kill there not good enough. Do you understand? Yes? I quite understand. It's Northrup. I promise you won't have to see dr. Kill there again. Is that better? Much better. You know, there's no reason for you to remain in your bed as your doctor I recommend that you get around a little. No, I Don't want even you to see me in my condition. I don't want you to go outside this room I just want you to be comfortable here Warm why not sit over near the window? I won't leave my bed. You mean you don't have the courage You wouldn't even do it if you were alone you said I didn't have to listen to him dr. Gillespie that's right killed air you'll report to my office when we finish there all right And don't you ever dare to accuse miss Northrup of not having courage? If and when she wants to go to the window, I am sure she'll do so Yes Yes, I think I'd like to go there now There now we'll just push you over here where you can get a little fresh air Yeah How does the outside world look to you going on as you you just as you remember it? Yes Everything just It's horrible Take me back to my bed. What's the matter? Well there isn't that blonde girl down there Evelyn Williams Evelyn Williams. Yes. Yes. Don't remember Yes, yes, I do remember Killed there. Where are you going? I think I may have found an answer to that problem. Dr. Gillespie. I'm going to see Evelyn Williams Yeah, you may have found an answer killed air No, I told you I don't want to see anyone you're no longer my doctor Why do you keep coming back to torment me? Really Evan Williams, I'd like you to meet Marjorie Northup. Hello Marjorie. How do you do? This is the girl you saw playing tennis on the court under your window I can't see that we have anything in common there dr. Kildare But you play a very good game of tennis. Thank you. I Was doing quite well up to three years ago almost made the finals in the women's thing And then I had to learn all over again. Oh, what happened? I had an accident an automobile accident. You did? Mm-hmm. That's what happened to me Yes, Evelyn was a mighty lucky girl. She was out of the hospital and around again in no time I've often thought how fortunate I was not to lose both legs What did you say? Oh, I'm sorry. I shouldn't have mentioned it. I guess what you mean you actually have it Why I Don't believe it. This is another one of your tricks dr. Kildare. No, believe me. It isn't not though Evelyn certainly would fool anybody very flatter that you seem surprised Well, I'll kill you Here Okay It is I understand I was doubtful at first to then amazed as you are No, I'm only very very grateful And you play tennis as well as before almost my dance ride do oh, that's wonderful You suppose You think that I you could do the same Certainly it only takes a great desire and a little strength of will and Maybe more courage than I have Maybe But I just got lonesome trying to hide from people Then one day I took stock of myself People wear glasses and they aren't ashamed My best friend Alice wears a hearing aid and she's perfectly normal So I said to myself, what have I got to lose? Here I am Do you suppose You could teach me to walk. I'd be very happy to But there's someone who could teach you much better than I if you'd allow him to allow him to oh Of course, I will who is it? Dr. Kildare. Oh Kildare? Yes, Miss Martha You've asked me so many times to try I Think I'd like to know good Evelyn would you help her? I'm I'd be very important. There we are Stand up. I can't Evelyn help me. You'll need no more help now Stand up. I am I Understand now walk slowly toward me walk. You've been walking all your life You have two legs just as you always had. Oh now you did fine for the first time. I'll never make it never I Wasn't meant to walk again I Can't wait all day for this party viewers to come off kill their masons should be along any minute dr. Gillespie be like a fool sitting here in the waiting room my own hospital They'll be sending me out on an ambulance call if I don't look out. Here he comes now Dr. Kildare, I rest right over as soon as I got your message Is there something wrong with Marjorie and hot a thing in the world mr. Mason by the way and like you to meet Dr. Gillespie our chief of staff. How do you do sir? How do you do young man dr. Kildare here is treating us to one of his dramatic finishes has Marjorie has to see me dr. Kildare. Yes, she has May I go in that won't be necessary. He's coming down the corridor to meet you now Marjorie Which is walking alone Oh Marjorie Don't stand there gaping like an idiot Come on. We've got work to do of course dr. Gillespie of course in just a moment We will return to the story of dr. Kildare Dr. Kildare starring Lou Ayers as dr. Kildare and Lionel Barrymore as dr. Gillespie Well, what are you waiting for Kildare? I thought I'd like to show you a little present I just received from Ms. Northrop. She sent you a present Girl must be ill again read the inscription To dr. Kildare with gratitude Marjorie Northrop Very impressive She made one mistake mistake Yes, it should have read to dr. Gillespie with gratitude What in the world would she be grateful to me for you if you order? Ah, you're talking nonsense Kildare You planted Evelyn Williams in that tennis court and you made sure miss Northrop's are now Kildare that's a pack of lies. Who told you a thing like that? See you later dr. Gillespie No, no That's who it was. Oh, we'd like to get my hands on that woman No, no, where are you? You have just heard the story of dr. Kildare Starring Lou Ayers and Lionel Barrymore The story of dr. Kildare is presented by arrangement with Metro Goldwyn Mayer producers of the Technicolor picture that foresight woman starring arrow Flynn Greer Garson Walter Pitchin Robert Young and Janet Lee The program was directed by William P. Russo with original music composed and conducted by Walter Schumann