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(1931, actually) starring Barbara Stanwyck in an Oscar worthy performance. It also features the very young Clark Gable in his first large role--- one of the most terrifying, evil creatures ever filmed.
A young woman talks her way into a nurses job, becomes a private nurse to a wealthy couple and slowly realizes they are starving their children.... to death.
When she attempts to interfere, the chauffeur becomes enraged, targeting her and all who attempt to intercede.
Gable definitely should have gotten an Oscar, as well.
The director is the great action auteur, William A. Wellman who, earlier in the year, helmed the classic gangster epic, "The Public Enemy," starring the incendiary Jimmy Cagney.
Anyhow, don't think "Oh, it's 1930, it'll be full of overacting and anemic."
This was filmed before the Catholic Code of Decency.
There is lots of skin, violence (murder, rape, physical abuse, etc.) which is very graphic.
Stanwyck's perforance, however, is the true marvel. Feminine, tough as nails, and very, very beautiful.
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Topic - "Night Nurse:" one of the very best films from the 1930s - tinear 09:21:32 10/31/08 (5)
- Thanks for posting... - HOK 10:37:06 11/02/08 (0)
- Also from the same "Forbidden Hollywood" dvd set... - eppis1 23:01:54 10/31/08 (1)
- Absolutely! The film was in that collection and I very much appreciated - tinear 09:06:27 11/01/08 (0)
- RE: "Night Nurse:" one of the very best films from the 1930s - Awe-d-o-file 09:39:23 10/31/08 (1)
- "Babyface," as I've mentioned here before, is very good. She is easily our most - tinear 13:09:38 10/31/08 (0)
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