Dr. Monica
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| Written by | Charles Kenyon |
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| Produced by | Henry Blanke (uncredited)[1] |
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| Cinematography | Sol Polito |
| Edited by | William Clemens |
| Music by | Heinz Roemheld (uncredited) |
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Running time | 65 minutes[1] |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Dr. Monica is a 1934 American pre-Code melodrama film produced by Warner Bros. starring Kay Francis, Warren William, and Jean Muir. An obstetrician, who is unable to have children, discovers that the baby she is about to deliver was fathered by her husband.
Cast[]
- Kay Francis as Dr. Monica Braden
- Warren William as John Braden
- Jean Muir as Mary Hathaway
- Verree Teasdale as Anna Littlefield
- Emma Dunn as Mrs. Monahan
- Phillip Reed as "Bunny" Burton
- Herbert Bunston as Mr. Pettinghill
- Ann Shoemaker as Mrs. Hazlitt
- Virginia Hammond as Mrs. Chandor
- Hale Hamilton as Dr. Brent
Censorship[]
The censors at the Hays Office requested a large number of changes to the script before they would approve it for production. One of the major issues they had with the script was that it explicitly included dialogue about the potential dangers of childbirth.[2]
Reception[]
Mordaunt Hall, critic for The New York Times, wrote that Dr. Monica is "not especially suspenseful", but it "moves apace and the acting is excellent."[3]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Dr. Monica at the American Film Institute Catalog
- ^ Kirby, David A. (September 2017). "Regulating cinematic stories about reproduction: pregnancy, childbirth, abortion and movie censorship in the US, 1930–1958". The British Journal for the History of Science. 50 (3): 451–472. doi:10.1017/S0007087417000814. ISSN 0007-0874. PMID 28923130.
- ^ Hall, Mordaunt (June 21, 1934). "Doctor Monica (1934): The Screen; Kay Francis, Warren William and Jean Muir in the Picturization of a Polish Stage Work". The New York Times. Archived from the original on March 6, 2016.
External links[]
- Dr. Monica at the American Film Institute Catalog
- Dr. Monica at IMDb
- Dr. Monica at the TCM Movie Database
- Dr. Monica at AllMovie
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