Mumpkin's First Baby (Aired September 28, 1950)
Dr. James Kildare was a fictional character, the primary character in a series of American theatrical films in the late 1930s and early 1940s, an early 1950s radio series, a 1960s television series of the same name and a comic book based on the TV show. The character was invented by the author Frederick Schiller Faust (aka Max Brand). The character began in the film series as a medical intern; after becoming a doctor he was mentored by an older physician, Dr. Leonard Gillespie. After the first ten films, the series eliminated the character of Kildare and focused instead on Gillespie. In the summer of 1949, MGM reunited Lew Ayres and Lionel Barrymore to record the radio series, The Story of Dr. Kildare, scripted by Les Crutchfield, Jean Holloway and others. After broadcasts on WMGM New York from February 1, 1950 to August 3, 1951, the series was syndicated to other stations during the 1950s. The supporting cast included Ted Osborne as hospital administrator Dr. Carough, Jane Webb as nurse Mary Lamont and Virginia Gregg as Nurse Parker, labeled "Nosy Parker" by Gillespie, with appearances by William Conrad, Stacy Harris, Jay Novello, Isabel Jewell and Jack Webb.
THIS EPISODE:
September 28, 1950. Program #36. WMGM, New York-Mutual network origination, MGM syndication. Commercials added locally. Willie Mumpkin, a distraught father-to-be upsets Blair Hospital. Dr. Gillespie thinks Dr. Kildare ought to be more interested in romance. Lew Ayres, Lionel Barrymore, Virginia Gregg, Ted Osborne, Georgia Ellis, Les Crutchfield (writer), William P. Rousseau (director), Walter Schumann (composer, conductor), William Tracy, Sharon Douglas, Dick Joy (announcer). 26:19.
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