{"id":5074,"date":"2007-12-31T18:17:55","date_gmt":"2008-01-01T01:17:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=5074"},"modified":"2020-12-12T22:34:02","modified_gmt":"2020-12-13T05:34:02","slug":"night-nurse-1931","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=5074","title":{"rendered":"Night Nurse (1931)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;Those poor little kids are starving &#8212; anyone can see it in their faces! If somebody doesn&#8217;t do something, they won&#8217;t last another month!&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/Night-Nurse-Poster-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/Night-Nurse-Poster-1-215x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"215\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-48303\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/Night-Nurse-Poster-1-215x300.jpg 215w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/Night-Nurse-Poster-1-92x128.jpg 92w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/Night-Nurse-Poster-1.jpg 484w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 215px) 100vw, 215px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nA nurse (Barbara Stanwyck) caring for two sickly children (Marcia Mae Jones and Betty Jane Graham) soon suspects that their alcoholic mother&#8217;s chauffeur (Clark Gable) is in cahoots with a corrupt doctor (Ralf Harolde) to kill the girls and steal their trust funds.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Barbara Stanwyck Films<\/li>\n<li>Clark Gable Films<\/li>\n<li>Doctors and Nurses<\/li>\n<li>Joan Blondell Films<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;No One Believes Me!&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Plot to Murder<\/li>\n<li>William Wellman Films<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nWilliam Wellman&#8217;s racy pre-Code thriller is primarily notable for its refreshingly risque premise, and for featuring Clark Gable in one of his earliest non-leading, non-mustachioed roles (though he&#8217;s not really on-screen enough to make much of an impression). <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/Night-Nurse-Gable2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/Night-Nurse-Gable2-1024x637.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"398\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-57470\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/Night-Nurse-Gable2-1024x637.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/Night-Nurse-Gable2-300x186.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/Night-Nurse-Gable2-128x80.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/Night-Nurse-Gable2-768x477.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/Night-Nurse-Gable2-1536x955.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/Night-Nurse-Gable2-434x270.png 434w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/Night-Nurse-Gable2.png 1665w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Stanwyck is appropriately feisty as a poor but determined young woman who refuses to stand by and allow her innocent young charges to die: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/Night-Nurse-Sick-Child-Caring.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/Night-Nurse-Sick-Child-Caring-1024x626.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"391\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-57476\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/Night-Nurse-Sick-Child-Caring-1024x626.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/Night-Nurse-Sick-Child-Caring-300x184.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/Night-Nurse-Sick-Child-Caring-128x78.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/Night-Nurse-Sick-Child-Caring-768x470.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/Night-Nurse-Sick-Child-Caring-1536x940.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/Night-Nurse-Sick-Child-Caring-441x270.png 441w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/Night-Nurse-Sick-Child-Caring.png 1669w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In perhaps the best scene of the film, she shatters class barriers by barging upstairs into a private drinking party and proceeding to seriously berate the girls&#8217; alcoholic mother (Charlotte Merriam) for failing to notice (or care) that her girls are dying: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/Night-Nurse-Telling-Mom2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/Night-Nurse-Telling-Mom2-1024x642.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"401\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-57471\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/Night-Nurse-Telling-Mom2-1024x642.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/Night-Nurse-Telling-Mom2-300x188.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/Night-Nurse-Telling-Mom2-128x80.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/Night-Nurse-Telling-Mom2-768x481.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/Night-Nurse-Telling-Mom2-1536x962.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/Night-Nurse-Telling-Mom2-431x270.png 431w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/Night-Nurse-Telling-Mom2.png 1639w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Although we expect Merriam to eventually get self-righteous, she never does, instead simply devolving into ever-increasing dysfunction, and eventually collapsing on the floor. While the story ends happily, we never learn what happens to Merriam &#8212; a character who, just a few short years later, would certainly be made to pay in one way or another for her egregious lack of maternal devotion. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Barbara Stanwyck as Lora Hart<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/Night-Nurse-Stanwyck2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/Night-Nurse-Stanwyck2-1024x623.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"389\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-57472\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/Night-Nurse-Stanwyck2-1024x623.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/Night-Nurse-Stanwyck2-300x183.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/Night-Nurse-Stanwyck2-128x78.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/Night-Nurse-Stanwyck2-768x467.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/Night-Nurse-Stanwyck2-1536x935.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/Night-Nurse-Stanwyck2-444x270.png 444w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/Night-Nurse-Stanwyck2.png 1671w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Joan Blondell as Stanwyck&#8217;s co-worker<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/Night-Nurse-Blondell2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/Night-Nurse-Blondell2-1024x632.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"395\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-57473\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/Night-Nurse-Blondell2-1024x632.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/Night-Nurse-Blondell2-300x185.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/Night-Nurse-Blondell2-128x79.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/Night-Nurse-Blondell2-768x474.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/Night-Nurse-Blondell2-1536x947.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/Night-Nurse-Blondell2-438x270.png 438w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/Night-Nurse-Blondell2.png 1649w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Plenty of sizzling pre-code attitude, dialogue, and scenarios<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/Night-Nurse-Passed-Out.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/Night-Nurse-Passed-Out-1024x625.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"391\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-57474\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/Night-Nurse-Passed-Out-1024x625.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/Night-Nurse-Passed-Out-300x183.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/Night-Nurse-Passed-Out-128x78.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/Night-Nurse-Passed-Out-768x469.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/Night-Nurse-Passed-Out-1536x937.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/Night-Nurse-Passed-Out-443x270.png 443w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/Night-Nurse-Passed-Out.png 1667w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nYes, for its status as one of Wellman&#8217;s most infamous pre-Code thrillers. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Categories<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Historically Relevant<\/li>\n<li>Important Director<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/imdb.com\/title\/tt0022208\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcm.com\/tcmdb\/title\/3158\/night-nurse#articles-reviews?articleId=83980\">TCM Article<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tvguide.com\/movies\/night-nurse\/review\/107497\">TV Guide Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Those poor little kids are starving &#8212; anyone can see it in their faces! If somebody doesn&#8217;t do something, they won&#8217;t last another month!&#8221; Synopsis: A nurse (Barbara Stanwyck) caring for two sickly children (Marcia Mae Jones and Betty Jane Graham) soon suspects that their alcoholic mother&#8217;s chauffeur (Clark Gable) is in cahoots with a corrupt doctor (Ralf Harolde) to kill the girls and steal their trust funds. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Barbara Stanwyck Films Clark Gable Films Doctors&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=5074\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5074","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5074","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5074"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5074\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57477,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5074\/revisions\/57477"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5074"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5074"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5074"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}