tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092350404895325373.post7649179295483974770..comments2024-03-24T21:42:48.278-04:00Comments on Another Old Movie Blog: Night Nurse (1931)Jacqueline T. Lynchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11047941886908178350noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092350404895325373.post-78587277263033592682007-11-08T07:58:00.000-05:002007-11-08T07:58:00.000-05:00Hi Bob, thanks for visiting us. I agree with you ...Hi Bob, thanks for visiting us. I agree with you about being content just to watch Stanwyck waiting at the bank. She was fascinating to watch.<BR/><BR/>As for watching Barbara and Joan during their on-screen costume changes being more interesting than the medical misinformation, well I wouldn't dream of interfering in your pleasure, sir. They were fair of face and everything else.Jacqueline T. Lynchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11047941886908178350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092350404895325373.post-18455287353671568492007-11-07T13:52:00.000-05:002007-11-07T13:52:00.000-05:00I'm still catching up to a few weeks of not follow...I'm still catching up to a few weeks of not following up on my blogroll faves, so I'm just seeing this post now.<BR/><BR/>I caught this during the TCM Stanwyck 100th birthday celebration. It wasn't great by any means, but I'd watch Stanwyck waiting at the bank for 70 minutes...I like your point about how the pre-Code treatment of the medical system was likely the more shocking item in the film - and would not have survived the Code.<BR/><BR/>"One of the most interesting aspects of pre-Code daring in “Night Nurse” (1931) involves not the many scenes of Barbara Stanwyck and Joan Blondell undressing before us..."<BR/><BR/>That quote however, I cannot agree with...B-) Sigh, Barbara and Joan were just absolutely gorgeous...Bob Turnbullhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02243657105760780425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092350404895325373.post-43991630292509268282007-10-21T17:44:00.000-04:002007-10-21T17:44:00.000-04:00Welcome, Katie, and thank you for your comment. I...Welcome, Katie, and thank you for your comment. I'm a Stanwyck fan as well. I hope you get a chance to see "Night Nurse" soon.Jacqueline T. Lynchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11047941886908178350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092350404895325373.post-17964991686884316322007-10-21T13:11:00.000-04:002007-10-21T13:11:00.000-04:00What a great review!! I love Barbara Stanwyck... ...What a great review!! I love Barbara Stanwyck... I have got to see this. Thank you :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092350404895325373.post-15881741278029756332007-10-19T17:47:00.000-04:002007-10-19T17:47:00.000-04:00Hi, Laura, and thank you for your comments on "Lif...Hi, Laura, and thank you for your comments on "Life Begins." Thanks for including a link to your article, which I read with great interest. I've not seen that movie yet. These spurious movie medical practices remind me a bit of a patient being "put under" for an operation by being whacked in the head with a large mallet, a la Three Stooges. If "Night Nurse" had gone on any longer, that probably would have happened next.Jacqueline T. Lynchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11047941886908178350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092350404895325373.post-33539642722137601052007-10-19T16:47:00.000-04:002007-10-19T16:47:00.000-04:00This sounds very interesting! I've been watching ...This sounds very interesting! I've been watching more Stanwyck movies this year and will definitely be on the lookout for it.<BR/><BR/>The description of the odd medical practices reminds me somewhat of the pre-Code Loretta Young movie LIFE BEGINS, where the expectant mothers in the "Women's Waiting Ward" never seem to experience a single labor pain. In one scene a nurse refuses to tell a patient what the medicine she's taking is for! I wondered as I watched it how much of the film genuinely reflected medical practices and attitudes of the era, and how much was made up for drama's sake.<BR/><BR/>You might enjoy my brief write-up on the film since the topic relates to what you wrote about NIGHT NURSE:<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://laurasmiscmusings.blogspot.com/2006/02/todays-movie-life-begins-1932.html" REL="nofollow">LIFE BEGINS</A><BR/><BR/>Best wishes,<BR/>LauraLaurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09626109831176745957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092350404895325373.post-45840112259150447192007-10-19T07:44:00.000-04:002007-10-19T07:44:00.000-04:00Thank you so much, J.C. I suppose this film would...Thank you so much, J.C. I suppose this film would be a good entry for TCM's Forbidden Hollywood, pushing the envelope as it does.Jacqueline T. Lynchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11047941886908178350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092350404895325373.post-49896025493904183372007-10-18T23:19:00.000-04:002007-10-18T23:19:00.000-04:00It is possible that this will be in the future vol...It is possible that this will be in the future volume of TCM's Forbidden Hollywood. Here's hoping... I enjoyed you article very much.J.C. Loopholehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11976993877171613834noreply@blogger.com