Directed by:
James WhaleCinematography:
Arthur EdesonCast:
Lew Ayres, Mae Clarke, Una Merkel, Andy Devine, John Halliday, Oscar Apfel, Ethel Griffies, Bert Roach, Cecil Cunningham, Arthur Hoyt, Walter Brennan, Hattie McDaniel, Mary Gordon, Dick Winslow (more)Plots(1)
Lew Ayres and Mae Clarke, the reigning king and queen of the Universal lot in 1932, were teamed under the guidance of the studio's star director James Whale in Impatient Maiden. Anticipating his "Dr. Kildare" duties by nearly six years, Ayres is cast as inexperienced young surgeon Myron Brown. In love with Ruth Robbins (Mae Clarke), Dr. Brown is separated from his sweetheart thanks to clashing values (she wants to marry him; he doesn't think he can afford to, but still wants to fool around). They are brought together again under unusual circumstances when Ruth is stricken with acute appendicitis and Brown is obliged to operate, permitting Whale to indulge in his usual ghoulish fascination with surgical procedure. A few moments of comedy relief are offered by Una Merkel, as a dingbat Southern belle, and ratchet-voiced Andy Devine as a male nurse. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Lew Ayres
USA
Best movies:
All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
Holiday (1938)
Johnny Belinda (1948)
Mae Clarke
USA
Best movies:
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
The People Against O'Hara (1951)
Frankenstein (1931)
Una Merkel
USA
Best movies:
The Parent Trap (1961)
Destry Rides Again (1939)
Saratoga (1937)
Andy Devine
USA
Best movies:
Stagecoach (1939)
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
When the Daltons Rode (1940)
John Halliday
USA
Best movies:
The Philadelphia Story (1940)
Desire (1936)
Peter Ibbetson (1935)
Oscar Apfel
USA
Best movies:
San Francisco (1936)
Manhattan Melodrama (1934)
Conquest (1937)
Ethel Griffies
UK
Best movies:
Waterloo Bridge (1940)
The Keys of the Kingdom (1944)
The White Cliffs of Dover (1944)
Bert Roach
USA
Best movies:
Song of Love (1947)
Fury (1936)
Love Crazy (1941)
Cecil Cunningham
USA
Best movies:
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
It's a Wonderful World (1939)
Monkey Business (1931)
Arthur Hoyt
USA
Best movies:
Fury (1936)
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
It Happened One Night (1934)
Walter Brennan
USA
Best movies:
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1938)
Fury (1936)
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (1939)
Hattie McDaniel
USA
Best movies:
Gone with the Wind (1939)
Carefree (1938)
Vivacious Lady (1938)
Mary Gordon
UK
Best movies:
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
After the Thin Man (1936)
It Started with Eve (1941)
Dick Winslow
USA
Best movies:
To Each His Own (1946)
Airport (1970)
Test Pilot (1938)
Arthur Thalasso
USA
Best movies:
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Anthony Adverse (1936)
A Day at the Races (1937)
Monte Montague
USA
Best movies:
The Invisible Man (1933)
Show Boat (1936)
Virginia City (1940)
Olaf Hytten
UK
Best movies:
The Good Earth (1937)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Casablanca (1942)
Ellinor Vanderveer
USA
Best movies:
Casablanca (1942)
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (1939)
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
Edwin Maxwell
Ireland
Best movies:
All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
Fury (1936)
The Shop Around the Corner (1940)
Helen Jerome Eddy
USA
Best movies:
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Strike Up the Band (1940)
Bride of Frankenstein (1935)