War Nurse

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Cast & Crew

Robert Montgomery
Wally

June Walker
Babs

Robert Ames
Robin

Anita Page
Joy

ZaSu Pitts
Cushie

Marie Prevost
Rosalie

Helen Jerome Eddy
Kansas

Hedda Hopper
Matron

Eddie Nugent
Frank

Martha Sleeper
Helen

Michael Vavitch
Doctor

Edgar Selwyn
Director

Screenwriter

Joseph Farnham
Screenwriter

Charles Rosher
Cinematographer

William LeVanway
Film Editing

Cedric Gibbons
Art Director

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Audience Reviews for War Nurse

• Dec 04, 2017

  There are some redeeming features of this movie, made a little over a decade after WWI ended. It tries to show the cruelty of war and the transience of our little lives, and makes a case for grabbing now for the brass ring, not taking anything for granted. In doing so, it also tries to weave in war-time romance, and I think therein lies its weakness, especially in the first half of the film, where that takes too much of the emphasis. You'll also have to get through some pretty silly scenes early on, such as water getting spilled on one of the nurses a couple of times while they're all cleaning up a building which will be used as a hospital. June Walker turns in a decent performance and Anita Page has a nice scene when she loses out while the hospital is being shelled, but Robert Montgomery and Robert Ames are smarmy and seriously annoying for most of the movie. It's irritating to see their characters continue to pursue the nurses even when it's clear their attentions are unwanted, and it rings false to see them so chipper doing so when, for example, when Montgomery hears of a friend having just died. In another scene, Montgomery ties a rope around Walker's bicycle so that he can give her a fast tow with his motorcycle, and turns around and smiles when she crashes. It gets a little better when Montgomery makes his case for being up-front about his desire for a night of pleasure since he may die on a mission the following day, and when Ames lies wounded on a hospital bed and has to express his true emotions. For me, though, it's too little too late. The film needed more gravitas and grit given the setting, and Montgomery and director Edgar Selwyn failed to set the right tone.
  Antonius B Super Reviewer

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