Registered Nurse (film)

Registered Nurse
John Halliday in the film trailer
Directed by	Robert Florey
Screenplay by	Peter Milne Lillie Hayward
Based on	Miss Benton, R.N. (1930 play) by Florence Johns Wilton Lackaye Jr.
Produced by	Samuel Bischoff (uncredited)
Starring	Bebe Daniels
Cinematography	Sidney Hickox
Edited by	Jack Killifer
Music by	Heinz Roemheld (uncredited)
Production company	First National Pictures
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release date	April 7, 1934
Running time	63 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Registered Nurse is a 1934 American Pre-Code drama film produced by First National Pictures and released through its parent company Warner Bros. The film was directed by Robert Florey and stars Bebe Daniels in her final role for Warner Bros.^[1]

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Plot

Sylvia Benson (Bebe Daniels) is married to belligerent drunk (Gordon Westcott) but after a violent quarrel which results in a car crash, she decides to go back to nursing. Three years later Benson is the best nurse at the hospital, all the doctors think so including dedicated surgeon Dr. Hedwig (John Halliday) and chronic skirt chaser Dr. Connolly (Lyle Talbot).

Sylvia has a secret, after the car crash her husband went insane and is now in an asylum. That's why she is keeping the doctors at arm's length whenever they mention marriage. Suddenly he escapes and finds himself at the same hospital where Sylvia is stationed (he doesn't know that) wanting an operation to return his sanity so he can make up to his wife for all those bitter years. A chance conversation with an interfering patient (Sidney Toler) give Jim Benton the idea to leap out of the hospital window to his death, paving the way for Sylvia to find happiness with Dr. Hedwig.

Cast

Bebe Daniels as Sylvia Benton
Lyle Talbot as Dr. Greg Connolly
John Halliday as Dr. Hedwig
Irene Franklin as Sadie Harris
Sidney Toler as Frankie Sylvestrie
Gordon Westcott as Jim Benton
Minna Gombell as Nurse Beulah Schloss
Beulah Bondi as Nurse McKenna
Vince Barnett as Jerry
Phillip Reed as Bill
Mayo Methot as Nurse Gloria Hammond
Edward Gargan as Officer O'Brien
Lester Dorr as Attendant (uncredited)
Dennis O'Keefe as Interne (uncredited)

Preservation status

Registered Nurse is preserved at the Library of Congress.^[2]

Home video

The film is currently offered on Warner Archive Collection home label, double-billed with the Ruth Chatterton film The Crash.

References

^ The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1931-40 by The American Film Institute, c. 1993
^ Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress. American Film Institute, 1978