A doctor whose last name starts with the syllable "Kil." Can't beat that. A Bugs Bunny cartoon even spoofed that, with a "Dr. Kilpatient."

@fromthesidelines

Ай бұрын

"Hare Tonic" (1945).

Lee Ayres was never given enough credit by Hollywood. Such a fantastic actor

@brianarbenz1329

Ай бұрын

Lew Ayers was a conscientious objector during World War II due to his religious beliefs. It took courage to risk his career to stand by his principles, and he was stigmatized for a long time. Hollywood for a while wanted to forget he existed. They worked him back into the nation's heart and he got lots of good work, but there was that hole in his work history.

@brianarbenz1329

Ай бұрын

@@robertdesantis6205 Oh well, I'm not big on Wikipedia. Years ago I looked up newspaper stories from WW II about Lew in a CO camp in Oregon. The NY Times also editorialized an overall sympathetic view on his Christian rationale for refusing to fight, but concluded that it was not practical. There was a backlash against him, with theaters wanting his name off their marquees. Then, Ayers decided to serve as a non-combatant medic in the Pacific. Media started hailing him for his service. Some COs (and I knew a Christian minister who also had been a CO during that war) said he had sold out their ideals for public image. It's complex.

@robertdesantis6205

Ай бұрын

Sure. My initial views came from a book about Ayers, although even biographies & auto biographies are not totally reliable. You might find "The Great Starvation Experiment," by Todd Tucker re: COs during WW2 interesting.​@@brianarbenz1329

Surprised no one noticed that the unconscious patient was Michael Forest, who would later famously play "Apollo" in the Star Trek episode, "Who Mourns for Adonais." He wasn't easy to identify until he 'awoke.'

@KLeonardM

3 ай бұрын

@waldolyedecker8118 don't forget Robert Redford as Tom Leslie..

@jacquelinekemp4074

Ай бұрын

huge man

@elaineproffitt1032

17 күн бұрын

Who was playing the sick man's wife?

Robert Redford plays Tom Leslie the intern. Loved all those "Dr. Kildare movies of the 30's and 40's with Lionel Barrymore and Lew Ayres. Nice to see Dr. Gillespie's ( Lionel Barrymore) photo hanging in Dr. Kildare's office. Never saw this pilot. Thanks for posting.

@brianarbenz1329

Ай бұрын

1960 - A guy happy about about moving to Muncie, Ind. as opposed to California? 2024 - That lucky guy. In Muncie, Indiana, he could afford a house!

@tanyawade5197

Ай бұрын

I knew I recognized him, but couldn’t place him! Thx for setting my brain at ease😅.

@elaineproffitt1032

17 күн бұрын

I lived in Min I'd Indiana when I was a kid (about 3 or 4). My dad was in the Army and we moved around a lot.

@brianarbenz1329

16 күн бұрын

@@elaineproffitt1032 Is "Min I'd Indiana" meant to be keyboarded as Muncie?

Robert Redford uncredited... If only they had known... 🙃

@amierichan1428

10 күн бұрын

It was his photo in the thumbnail that made me watch it:-D.

I started watching Dr Kildare when I was six years old. Love you Dr Kildare!!!!!

@MetabolicMama...

Ай бұрын

Me too! It was my favorite show ❤❤❤

That opening scene really has a melancholy feel to it. Lionel clearly missing here. Was glad he was given homage in this. Thanks for posting. I wonder how many knew about this Trailer for the TV series I didn’t.

The advice given about relationships with patients needing to be as though being through a closed glass door was something we learned in nurse's training. I'm so glad that it's not that policy in all types of nursing.

This was produced in 1960, from the same team behind "ONE STEP BEYOND" [producer Collier Young and director John Newland, who also filmed their series at MGM], featuring Lew Ayres as an older "Dr. James Kildare" {he previously portrayed him in the initial MGM movie series from 1938 through 1942, and a syndicated radio show from 1949 through '51)- this time mentoring young physicians following in his footsteps at good ol' "Blair General". This half-hour pilot found no takers for the 1960-'61 season, but MGM refused to give up on reviving the idea. A new hour-long pilot was produced by Norman Felton in early 1961, featuring Richard Chamberlain as "Dr. Jim Kildare", and Raymond Massey as "Dr. Leonard Gillespie". NBC bought it for the 1961-'62 season. p.s. the scene at 9:16 was featured in a photo in the April 4, 1960 issue of BROADCASTING magazine, in an article on TV pilots for the 1960-'61 season. *"In the past few weeks {ad} agencies have been holding screenings such as this one in New York at McCann -Erickson (of MGM -TV's Dr. Kildare pilot film). At right (I to r): Thomas P. Losee, executive vp and assistant general manager; Thomas A. McAvity, vice president, client services; Mary Harris, director, tvradio programming services; backs to camera: George Newi (foreground), junior executive. new program development; Hal Graham, director, tv -radio client services; Curt Peterson, account executive, all M -E Productions (programming division of agency)."*

@brianarbenz1329

Ай бұрын

*Thomas A. McAvity* -- with that name, he should have screened a show about a dentist.

@fromthesidelines

Ай бұрын

In the 1949-'50 season, he was directing Vincent Price's radio version of "THE SAINT".

Thanks so much for posting this! You spared me the trouble. When I first saw this I was very happy to see them give a nod to Lionel after his passing. Glad others can see it now. 😊

@aswell84

Жыл бұрын

I should really thank you, for sharing this episode with me. I didn't have a clue about it even being filmed. I'm so glad, Lew wanted to do this, even if it didn't make it as a series. It was a great wrap up story for Kildare as Lew. It answers a lot of questions about him. He did find love again and he did take over for Gillespie, when he finally stepped down. Gillespie would have been so proud of him.

@oldhatcinema

Жыл бұрын

@@aswell84 It was a pleasure to do so. Yes, definitely good closure for Lew's time as Kildare. There's something wonderfully heartwarming about what you said: I agree that it's nice to know that Gillespie would have been proud of the way he carried on.

@Rubi-ll8ss

9 ай бұрын

There is no nod to LaraIne Day. The actress who plays the young nurse resembles LaraIne. However, LaraIne was far more beautiful and was an underrated actress.

Lew Ayres RIP.

A very young Robert Redford!

@ronmackinnon9374

Жыл бұрын

In an uncredited role, no less.

@EJP286CRSKW

Жыл бұрын

... and jumping around too much in his first scene.

Great video! I'm 61 and still a practicing Registered Nurse although now I work in a county government office job. But for many years I worked in an Emergency Department (trauma center) as a charge nurse and watching this video shows me how much medicine and patient care has changed and how much it's still the same. It's funny, in my mind I remembered the show Dr. Kildare and knew the character (Kildare) I was looking for but when I Googled it, that character didn't come up as the person I remembered. However, all the time I was thinking of the show Ben Casey. It took until I saw Vince Edwards playing in another role in a movie that I realized the show I watched was Ben Casey. Whew, I'm glad that mystry is solved!

@NancySanders-om4ic

7 ай бұрын

I admire that you "still" have a positive view,of the healthcare system,skip,as I've experienced such indifference,incompetency with doctors,and the overall healthcare system,both doctors nearly,quite literally,ended my life,No exaggeration.Within the past 2 and a half years,the healthcare system has deteriorated to such an extent,I do Not care if I EVER see another doctor again.I am a Clinical Social Worker,and tho,I expressed the above regarding the system of healthcare,I have prayed for ALL of the healthcare workers prior the beginning of the"pandemic," and continue to do so.Most sincerely,N.Sanders. Happy Holidays🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

@skip081961

7 ай бұрын

Hi Nancy, thanks for the response. Having been in the medical field for over 30 years I have seen many changes in our healthcare system and mostly not for the better so I understand your frustration and even disgust. I have always challenged myself to provide professionally sound care, free of biases and prejudices. On a side note, I went through nursing school with a person named Nancy Sanders. She was from Apopka, FL.

@skip081961

3 ай бұрын

I went to school with Nancy Sanders at Valdosta State from Apopka, FL.@@NancySanders-om4ic

@NancySanders-om4ic

2 ай бұрын

​@@skip081961skip,I just saw your reply and I thank you,very much,for it.I so respect and admire your view and your work ethic. I truly wish,your caring concern was shared by more in the healthcare field.Once again,thank you,for your reply and for who you ARE,skip. Most sincerely,Nancy.

If this isn't an extra on the Dr.Kildare Season 1 boxset it should've been.

Wow! Robert Redford didn't even rate a credit at the end.

And with Redford... wow

Two of the familiar character actors of their era -- Irene Tedrow as Fern, the nurse (e.g., at 9:56), and Olan Soule´ as Dr. Meadows (at 18:55).

@Rubi-ll8ss

3 ай бұрын

Irene Tadlow was a regular in the Dennis the Menace Series as Mrs. Elkins, who usually was ticked off by Dennis' antics.

I got the collection of the MGM Dr Kildare series and the pilot was in it nothing like the MGM series of yesterday Dr kildare Andy hardy etc

Rewarding. Thank you!!

If only doctors and nurses were as 'hands-on' and personal as they were then. Everything now is so rushed and complicated with government and insurance companies involved in every aspect of medical care.

(13:06) A cup of Perk-o-Fresh coffee from the hospital vending machine, who could resist?

@robertdesantis6205

Ай бұрын

Rotgut. 🤢☕️

1960, when unironic earnestness was still possible. I almost want to whisper, "Vietnam's coming. Beware Dealy Plaza." But it wouldn't have meant much to people at that point. There's the America before and the America after those two things. This was the America before. Also, very sudsy. Probably why it wasn't picked up. It's executing the usual tropes but there's not much life or energy in them.

@brianarbenz1329

Ай бұрын

That'd be like whispering "The housing crisis is coming. Beware the World Trade Center" in 2000.

@scottmccrea1873

Ай бұрын

@@brianarbenz1329 No, not the housing crisis. The1979-81 Recession was much worse; I was there. my parents lose their buisness and house. Fun times. As for 9/11 I kinda/sorta disagree. Vietnam was a process, 9/11 was an event. The Second Iraq War is more similar to Vietnam in that it announced that the military industrial complex was firmly in control and driving policy. Something that is still happening to this day. The other, and main reason, the comparison fails (imo) is because we weren't innocent in 2001. Too much shit had happened. _Vietnam_ happened!

@brianarbenz1329

Ай бұрын

@@scottmccrea1873 Pick your crisis time. Several will do. But in '79, just one car company asked for a bailout. In 2008, two did.

@scottmccrea1873

Ай бұрын

@@brianarbenz1329 THAT'S THE STANDARD! No, seriously, objectively it was worse. 21% interest rates, 12% inflation, 10% unemployment. 2007 was a bump in the road. My wife lost her job but was able to get another one.

@brianarbenz1329

Ай бұрын

@@scottmccrea1873 You say it was "objectively" worse, but you acknowledge you are relying on only your family members' experiences. The nation was on the verge of collapse in 2007 through 2010; the entire financial sector needed a trillion $ to bail it out, all because the governing process was had been completely changed from the late '70s through then because of Money is Speech. PACs bought the decision making process and when they nearly brought the nation down, they bought the process of ostensibly fixing the system, which meant putting all the toxic mechanisms back into place. Obama needed to be another FDR, but he was content to be a James Buchanan.

I Seen The Unaired Pilot For The First Time Produced In 1960 From The Same Team That Did "ONE STEP BEYOND"

The doctor announces that the patient has a "subdural hematoma". It this was unaired, then one presumes Carl Reiner never saw it, but that the doctor in the DVDS after Rob and Jerry's skiing accident, says, "another subdural hematoma, I'm afraid". I guess is it was an injury that sounded very medical to the audience in that era. Anyone know why this didn't air?

There Is no Larraine Day here. She was an integral part of the series.

@KLeonardM

3 ай бұрын

@Rubi-ll8ss Larraine Day was killed in the 40's before they got married on this show.

@Rubi-ll8ss

3 ай бұрын

At the time of the broadcast, LaraIne Day was still alive. The character of Mary was killed off in 1941 per her request, which was a determent to the series.

@brianarbenz1329

16 күн бұрын

As I recall, there was no school on Larraine Day. :)

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