March 5 movie: Night Nurse. Did I say Ann Vickers was the ultimate pre-code movie? Well I was wrong, the ultimate was Night Nurse. Barbara Stanwyck and Joan Blondell play nurses who discover a plot to murder two toddlers for their trust funds. Also, they change in and out of their uniforms. A lot. That's the reason for the movie: Barbara Stanwyck in a bra and half slip. And oh boy, what a reason.
The weird thing about this movie is that even after they've exposed the plot by the gangster chauffer (Clark Gable) and evil doctor to starve the two kids to death, while the drunken mother stands by and does nothing, no one ever suggests removing the children from the house. Even after it's all over, the good doctor says he'll help Stanwyck find a new job because the drunken mother will probably fire her! I guess child welfare laws were different in the early 1930s.
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