The read
Audiences rate it 12 points higher than critics do. It runs a compact 1h 20m.
Synopsis
The title represents the hopeful, ambitious students at a hospital training school and is primarily a story of the stern discipline and laborious physical and mental toil they endure in order to become nurses and join the White Parade. It is told mainly through the character of June Arden who finds romance with Ronald Hall III on the way, with side stories of the other girls who find failure, success, laughs and tears on the way.
Ratings
IMDb6.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes57%
Audiences rate it 12 points higher than critics do.
4 audience votes
Key crew
- Irving CummingsDirector
- Rian JamesScreenplay
- Jesse Lasky Jr.Screenplay
Cast
- Loretta YoungJune Arden
- John BolesRonald Hall III
- Dorothy WilsonZita Scofield
- Muriel KirklandGlenda Farley
- Astrid AllwynGertrude Mack
- Frank ConroyDr. Thorne
- Jane DarwellSailor
- Sara HadenMiss Harrington
- Joyce ComptonUna Mellon
Stills
Themes
hospitalnurses