MAJESTIC THEATRE

Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 58, 5 September 1940, Page 17

MAJESTIC THEATRE

"Dr. Kildare's Strange Case."

Dramatically presenting the first pictunsation of the method of restoring insane patients to normalcy "Dr 5& *?w S »an- g? Case'" latest °f the nr. Kildare pictures, opens tomorrow at the Majestic Theatre. Fourth of the dramatic hospital stories, with Lew Ayres as the impetuous young interne Dr. Jimmy Kildare, and Lionel Barrymore as the irascible but great diagnostician. Dr. Leonard Gillespie "Dr Kildare's Strange Case" concerns itself with Ayres's lone-handed fight to prove that a surgeon-friend is unjustly accused of performing a delicate brain operation that caused madness in the patient. Deftly directed by Harold S. Bucquet, this-picture presents the first pictunsation of the use of insulin shock treatment to rouse a person out of insanity and bring him back to mental normalcy. Dramatic high lights of the feature include the actual administration of the insulin shock treatment, the reactions^ of the patient following the treatment and a bird's-eye view of a delicate brain surgery. In the same role, Ayres again is convincing, impetuous, and earnest in the characterisation that has caused him. to be referred to as "Dr. Kildare" as often as he is called Lew Ayres. Still, he manages easily to inject whimsical touches that have made the Kildare character a lovable one. As the great diagnostician, Lionel Barrymore seems to be effortless in his acting. He is Dr. Gillespie to the core. Laraine Day is again seen as Nurse Mary Lamont, in love with Ayres, desirous of being his wife but realising that his judgment to become a great doctor like Gillespie is far more important than their own lives. Nat Pendleton as Joe Weyman, the ambulance doctor with a facility for using a wrench, and Marie Blake as the hospital telephone operator, supply the chief comedy moments.