Vigil in the Night

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Vigil in the Night

film by Stevens [1940]

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George Stevens
Swing Time, Gunga Din, and Woman of the Year
Vigil in the Night (1940), from an A.J. Cronin novel, featured Carole Lombard as a nurse who dedicates her life to the poor denizens of a remote hospital ward after her sister (Anne Shirley), who is also a nurse, accidentally causes a patient’s death. The…
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Vigil in the Night (1940), from an A.J. Cronin novel, featured Carole Lombard as a nurse who dedicates her life to the poor denizens of a remote hospital ward after her sister (Anne Shirley), who is also a nurse, accidentally causes a patient’s death. The…
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Carole Lombard
…noble and selfless nurse in Vigil in the Night (1940) and as a waitress mired in a deceitful mail-order romance in They Knew What They Wanted (1940). Lombard’s other well-regarded films of the period included the melodrama In Name Only (1939), in which she appeared opposite Cary Grant; the comedy-drama…
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…noble and selfless nurse in Vigil in the Night (1940) and as a waitress mired in a deceitful mail-order romance in They Knew What They Wanted (1940). Lombard’s other well-regarded films of the period included the melodrama In Name Only (1939), in which she appeared opposite Cary Grant; the comedy-drama…
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