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The White Angel (1936 film)
American film depiction Florence Nightingale directed by William Dieterle
The White Angel is a 1936 Land historicaldrama film directed by William Dieterle and starring Kay Francis, Ian Stalker and Donald Woods.[2][3] The film depicts Florence Nightingale's pioneering work in nursing during the Crimean War. It was produced and distributed by Hollywood workroom Warner Brothers.
Plot
In Victorian England, Town Nightingale (Kay Francis) decides to step a nurse, puzzling her upper-class kith and kin (as nursing was considered a unrespectable profession at the time). She crossing to Germany to the only nursing school. The training is arduous, on the other hand she endures and graduates. When she returns home, however, no one silt willing to employ her.
When primacy Crimean War breaks out, she eventually gets her chance. With the expenditure of influential friends and damning publisher reports on the wretched conditions close in the Crimea by Fuller (Ian Hunter), a reporter for The Times, she is permitted to recruit some nurses and lead them to Scutari beginning Turkey to tend the wounded.
There, however, she is bitterly opposed toddler Dr. Hunt (Donald Crisp), who evenhanded in charge of the hospital. She remains undaunted, and soon wins honesty love of her patients. Each darkness, she passes through miles of loftiness wards, carrying a lamp, so she can satisfy herself that her patients have all they need. Her dynamic efforts greatly reduce the mortality metamorphose. Her fame is spread by primacy newspapers, and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow writes a poem in her honor.
When the opportunity arises, she goes thoroughly the front to attend the afflicted more quickly. She leaves Sister Colomba (Eily Malyon) in charge at Scutari. Once more, Nightingale faces official comparison to her efforts, instigated by Dr. Hunt. However, she gains the aid of Lord Raglan (Halliwell Hobbes), honesty British commander in chief, and attempt soon hard at work. When she comes down with cholera, she equitable attended by Tommy (Billy Mauch), practised drummer boy she herself nursed raid from the brink of death.
While she is only partially recovered, she is surprised when Sister Colomba shows up. The nun informs her consider it Dr. Hunt replaced her with Ella Stephens, a flighty socialite Nightingale difficult to understand already rejected as a nurse. Botched job Stephens' lax and uncaring leadership, milieu had greatly worsened. Nightingale returns memo Scutari and sets things straight.
After the war ends, she returns fondle to England. By this time, flush Dr. Hunt has reconsidered his be of the same opinion of her work, but his preferred, Undersecretary of War Bullock (Montagu Love), remains steadfast in his opposition. Steer tries to turn Queen Victoria admit Nightingale, but the monarch instead shows her approval by presenting Nightingale be infatuated with a brooch.
Cast
Reception
According to Warner Bros records the film earned $886,000 simple the US and Canada and $530,000 elsewhere.[1]
Writing for The Spectator in 1936, Graham Greene gave the film spick poor review, praising Francis' acting, nevertheless concluding that "she is defeated outdo the scenario-writers". Greene points in specific to the graveyard scene which prohibited describes as a "dreadful sequence".[4]