This was an interesting Clark Gable film, which showed off the actor's more vulnerable side, especially in the scenes with sick children.
The hospital itself was rather ultra modern. I got a kick out of the art deco staircase in this rather glamorous hospital.
As for the actual plot, I, too, was a bit confused by the nurse's supposed illness. I thought maybe she had poisoned herself since Dr. Ferguson was set to marry Myrna Loy's character. True, the nurse does sit on Gable's bed (when he is not there), but the implication that they were intimate together wasn't made clear. I had to look it up in a book of films on Gable to get the whole picture made clear. It presents little information to the viewer. I knew she did something to herself, but a botched abortion wasn't clearly shown.
It was an enjoyable look at a time when doctors were really thought of as gods.
The hospital itself was rather ultra modern. I got a kick out of the art deco staircase in this rather glamorous hospital.
As for the actual plot, I, too, was a bit confused by the nurse's supposed illness. I thought maybe she had poisoned herself since Dr. Ferguson was set to marry Myrna Loy's character. True, the nurse does sit on Gable's bed (when he is not there), but the implication that they were intimate together wasn't made clear. I had to look it up in a book of films on Gable to get the whole picture made clear. It presents little information to the viewer. I knew she did something to herself, but a botched abortion wasn't clearly shown.
It was an enjoyable look at a time when doctors were really thought of as gods.