Dr. Kildare
NBC Medical Drama.
September 27, 1961 - September 9, 1965.
132 Hour Filmed Black and White Episodes.
September 1965 - August 1966.
58 Half Hour Color Episodes
Director: Boris Sagal
Produced by Norman Felton
Herbert Hirschmann
Douglas Benton
Music by Jerry Goldsmith
In a large metropolitan hospital a young intern
Dr. James Kildare is trying to learn his profession.
He has to deal with the problems of the patients
and to win the respect of the seniorDoctor.
Dr. Leonard Gillespie (Raymond Massey) was
his mentor.
The series were realistic portrayals of hospital
life.
They used modern techniques and sometimes
shock therapy.
The life and death aspect were normal subjects
and were used for discussion.
During the series
Richard
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became a great star.
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made his first hit single Three Stars Will Shine
Tonight.
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the series became a great world success.
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Dr. Kildare got many loyal fans.
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acted for the second time with Raymond Massey.
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(Alfred Hitchcock Presents)
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was taught in medical terms by
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dr. Phyllis M. Wright from the Marion Davies Clinic
at U.C.L.A.
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contracted by MGM.
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drove in an old beat-up gray Peugeot; later on
in a fiat 1200.
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