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Doctor Kildare radio show was one of the more popular medical drama serializations on old time radio. The story revolved around the life of James Kildare, from his struggles as...
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Doctor Kildare radio show was one of the more popular medical drama serializations on old time radio. The story revolved around the life of James Kildare, from his struggles as an intern until he became a full-fledged doctor as well as the many intrigues and politics in the medical field. In 1949, MGM recruited Lew Ayres (Dr. Kildare) and Lionel Barrymore (Dr. Gillespie) to record the series. It was first aired on WMGM New York station from February 1, 1950 until August 3, 1951. Over the run of the series, several radio veterans starred in this old radio show. One of which was renowned actor Ted Osborne (Dr. Carough), who portrayed the hospital’s chief administrator and a constant thorn in Dr. Kildare’s side
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10 MAY 2020 · Kildare and Gillespie try to get Mrs. Carew to lose twenty pounds.
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10 MAY 2020 · A young boy named Dick Brennan admits to Kildare that he's stolen $5,000. However, the owners of the money claim it was $50,000! Marjorie Northrup is brought in to hospital unconscious after crashing her car in to a tree one night. Dr Kildare has to amputate her leg in order to save her life. When she comes to she hates Dr Kildare and wants to hide from the world for the rest of her life. Dr Kildare may have saved her life but he has destroyed her incentive to live and now he needs to help her to find the ability to cope with it.
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10 MAY 2020 · A Kentucky gentleman is becoming parlyzed, and there seems to be no known cause! Colonel Beauregard has, "familar periodic paralysis." The closing theme has been deleted. Dr Gillespie has a bout of flu but Dr Kildare discovers what he really has is a bout of Barkleyitus. Benjamin Barkley is a cantankerous patient who has suffered from abdominal pains for years however when Dr Kildare examines him he suspects acute appendicitis and needs to persuade the cantankerous Barkley to undergo an operation. Meantime Dr Gillespie maintains that Barkley has chronic enteritis brought on by his own bad temper.
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10 MAY 2020 · Gordon Mallory is a construction worker who is suffering from lead poisoning. Then a second worker develops the same symptoms. How did they contract the disease? The closing theme has been deleted. Rico Marciano’s wife Carmen is very sick and he has been saving up for the last nine months to pay Dr Kildare to treat her. If only he had brought her in eight months ago then Dr Kildare may have been able to treat her cancer but now her examination shows that she has only two weeks to live.
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10 MAY 2020 · A newly blinded man named Drake Simmons loses his will to live. Dr. Kildare tries to help.
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10 MAY 2020 · Priscilla Babcock is a young genius with a broken arm who learns how to be a human being and falls in love with Dr. Kildare in the process. Barbara lane had been found in a state of coma but the lab report shows that she has only taken one or two tablets and Dr Kildare thinks that maybe she has faked an overdose and wants to discover why she may have done that.
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13 MAY 2020 · A new episode
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13 MAY 2020 · A new episode
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13 MAY 2020 · A new episode
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30 JUN 2020 · A new episode
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Doctor Kildare radio show was one of the more popular medical drama serializations on old time radio. The story revolved around the life of James Kildare, from his struggles as...
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Doctor Kildare radio show was one of the more popular medical drama serializations on old time radio. The story revolved around the life of James Kildare, from his struggles as an intern until he became a full-fledged doctor as well as the many intrigues and politics in the medical field. In 1949, MGM recruited Lew Ayres (Dr. Kildare) and Lionel Barrymore (Dr. Gillespie) to record the series. It was first aired on WMGM New York station from February 1, 1950 until August 3, 1951. Over the run of the series, several radio veterans starred in this old radio show. One of which was renowned actor Ted Osborne (Dr. Carough), who portrayed the hospital’s chief administrator and a constant thorn in Dr. Kildare’s side
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