August 15 movie: Night Nurse. Barbara Stanwyck and Joan Blondell play young nurses who uncover a scheme to murder two young girls for their trust funds. Which makes the plot sound much more substantial than it really is. The real point of the movie is Stanwyck and Blondell changing in and out of their uniforms, which they do as often as possible in this pre-code film. Seriously, the cost of lingerie must have been one of the largest line items in the budget. Also, a moustache-less Clarke Gable has a small part as a villainous gangster/chaffeur who punches Stanwyck's lights out (off camera).
Night Nurse allowed me to shut off my brain and soak up some cathode rays, and for that I thank it. But I can't otherwise recommend it unless you're hankering to see a very young Barbara Stanwyck in a bra and half-slip. Which, come to think of it, is a pretty good way to spend 72 minutes.
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