The White Parade

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The White Parade

Released Nov 16, 1934

1h 20m

Comedy

Drama

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A nurse (Loretta Young) and her comrades face difficulties while training at a Midwest nursing hospital.

Variety Staff

Variety

Loretta Young is altogether convincing as the sympathetic femme novitiate who has consecrated herself to her profession. Dorothy Wilson is a fine little actress.

Oct 3, 2008

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Andre Sennwald

New York Times

The White Parade is lacking in the qualities which might have made it a fine and stirring drama.

Rated: 2.5/5

May 6, 2008

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Meyer Levin (Patterson Murphy)

Esquire Magazine

It relies on mood and sentiment rather than melodrama, and presents a more convincing portrait of the hospitalworkers.

Apr 23, 2020

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Helen Brown Norden

Vanity Fair

Dorothy Wilson gives a sincere performance which far overshadows that of the star, Loretta Young; but the film is soppy with sentiment about Florence Nightingale and the nobility of nursing.

Jun 7, 2019

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TV Guide

Life at a nurses' training school in the Midwest is portrayed with the usual 1930s woman-picture conventions fully intact.

Rated: 2.5/4

Jan 31, 2012

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Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com

Starring Loretta Young, this Best Picture Oscar nominee belongs to a cycle of Hollywood films about doctors and nurses.

Rated: B

Jun 19, 2011

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This extremely rare film is a combination view of the very rigorous training nurses used to have to undergo in the 1930s in order to get their nursing degrees and then a rather uninspiring forbidden romance between a nurse and a doctor. Although the romance part of the film was most probably what attracted audiences, it is the serious salute to nursing and the importance of both strict confidentiality and strict adherence to responsible behavior in the plot that set it apart.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/08/23

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steve d

Some nice performances hold it together.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

03/30/23

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Synopsis

A nurse (Loretta Young) and her comrades face difficulties while training at a Midwest nursing hospital.

Director: Irving Cummings
Producer: Jesse L. Lasky
Screenwriter: Sonya Levien, Ernest Pascal, Jesse Lasky Jr., James Lasky
Distributor: Fox
Production Co: 20th Century Fox
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 16, 1934, Original
Runtime: 1h 20m