The Doctor and the Girl

The Doctor and the GirlMichael Corday has his medical degree from Harvard and is ready to begin his internship at NYC's Bellevue. His proud father (Charles Coburn), a noted surgeon, counsels him to make his own career a priority. "Be impersonal and aloof," he says. "Your patients are merely cases." The advice sticks for a while. Michael's transition from cold professional to caring physician provides the compassionate core of this tale accented with vivid location filming.

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unaware his lawyer (Sorvino) also loves Katie and plans to use the wiles of their sexy neighbor (Principal) to bust up the Binghams for good

As the ship sets sail

Christabel entices her former lover (Ryan) into continuing their affair

drawn from the hit Monogram series of pictures

His eventual success as a surgeon in Grant's army is overshadowed by his neglect for his family

and returned with an M-G-M contract

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Judy accompanies his unsavory friends on a drive down to his base

A Life of Her Own was Lana Turner's sole film with George Cukor

on his trail

Mary charms her way into a screen test and then a contract with a movie studio