Men in White

film by Boleslavsky [1934]

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The 1934 film Men in White, directed by Richard Boleslavsky, stars Clark Gable as an idealistic young doctor who clashes with his superficial society wife, played by Myrna Loy. Boleslavsky was a significant figure in introducing the Stanislavsky acting method to the United States. He directed several popular films in the 1930s, including Rasputin and the Empress and Les Misérables. Walter Huston, a noted character actor, also had a career spanning theatre and film, receiving an Academy Award for his role in The Treasure of the Sierra Madre.12

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Richard Boleslavsky
In Men in White (1934) an idealistic young doctor (Clark Gable) is at loggerheads with his superficial society wife (Myrna Loy). Operator 13 (1934) was an American Civil War drama that centred on a Union spy (Marion Davies) disguised in blackface who falls for a Confederate…
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In Men in White (1934) an idealistic young doctor (Clark Gable) is at loggerheads with his superficial society wife (Myrna Loy). Operator 13 (1934) was an American Civil War drama that centred on a Union spy (Marion Davies) disguised in blackface who falls for a Confederate…
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Clark Gable
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… (1933), Manhattan Melodrama (1934), and Men in White (1934). Despite his macho persona in such films, Gable’s screen presence was largely nonthreatening: his magnetic smile and playful winks rendered him a charming rogue who did not take himself too seriously. Although Gable himself maintained a self-deprecating attitude toward his own…
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