KING'S THEATRE
"Vigil in the Night."
, Romance between a loyal nurse and a humanitarian doctor, springing from their mutual consecration to the alleviation of suffering, is the stirring basis of R.K.O. Radio's "Vigil in the Night," which opens tomorrow at the King's Theatre. Carole Lombard, Brian Aherne, and Anne Shirley are starred in this picturisation of the sensational novel by A. J. Cronin, who wrote "The Citadel." The supporting cast includes Julien Mitchell, Robert Coote, Brenda Forbes, Rita Page, and Peter Cushing. Cast in the most dramatic role of her colourful career, Carole Lombard plays a courageous nurse whose love for her noble profession carries her triumphantly through many sacrifices. Branded as incompetent when she takes the blame for the gross negligence of her sister (Anne Shirley), Miss Lombard joins the staff ol an out-oi-town hospital and there meets Brian Aherne, a skilful surgeon. When she. is involved in a bus accident, her proficiency in helping to save the lives of other victims brings her to the attention of the noted doctor. The struggles of the two to promote improvements for the hospital and pay for much-needed supplies, and their desperate battle to halt a fsst-spreading ■■ disease in spite of limited facilities, brings the physician and nurse closer together—a condition that .leads'--to an intensely dramatic climax.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 4, 4 July 1940, Page 8
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216KING'S THEATRE Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 4, 4 July 1940, Page 8
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