Night Nurse (Wellman, 1931): Cinema Museum, 7.30pm
Cinema Museum introduction:
Women
and Cocaine Presents is a film night presented by curator Caroline
Cassin at The Cinema Museum to celebrate the fierce and liberated
women of Pre code cinema. From the period of 1930 to 1934, before the
introduction of censorship, women were depicted in roles with a
frankness and sex-positivity that remains rare even today. Each month
we celebrate a different woman from that era. This month it's Barbara Stanwyck who, in
one of her defining early roles, plays Lora Hart, an idealistic nurse who takes a job caring for two
wealthy little kids kept in a state of mysterious ill health. As Lora
works the night shift, she uncovers a sinister plot involving their
menacing chauffeur, Nick (played by Clark Gable sans moustache).
Chicago Reader review:
A William Wellman curiosity done for Warners in 1931, this gritty thriller, a favorite of film critic Manny Farber, is of principal interest today for its juicy early performances by Barbara Stanwyck, Joan Blondell, and Clark Gable. Hard as nails, with lots of spunk.
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Here (and above) is the trailer.
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