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Mary Stevens, M.D. is a 1933 American pre-Code drama film starring Kay Francis, Lyle Talbot and Glenda Farrell. The film was directed by Lloyd Bacon and based on the story by Virginia Kellogg. It was released by Warner Bros. on July 22, 1933.
Drama Mystery Romance. Mary Stevens (Kay Francis) and her old friend Don Andrews (Lyle Talbot) graduate from medical school at the same time and decide to set up their respective medical offices in the same building. Mary builds her reputation despite many patients refusing to be treated by a woman.
- (571)
- Drama, Mystery, Romance
- Lloyd Bacon
- 1933-07-22
The history of the Mary Stevens Hospice dates back as far as 1925, when a man named Ernest made a decision which would impact the Dudley Borough forever.
And that’s the significance of Kay’s work in Mary Stevens, M.D. (1933), a film which provided her with one of her best roles. She’s a successful doctor who gets pregnant with the illegitimate child of a married man.
- Proof That It’S Pre-Code
- OH, The Drama!
- Degrees of Professionalism
- Trivia & Links
If you couldn’t tell from the title, this deals with a professional woman, one who has decided to be a doctor. I’ll touch on this a bit more below, but this is still heady stuff at the time.
There’s a definite level of artifice to Mary Stevens, M.D. that is going to be a turnoff to some people. This is a melodrama with a capital ‘M’, “General Hospital” plotting with movie star wattage brimming underneath. Stevens only works because Kay Francis simmers. Her ability to oscillate between coolly professional to warmly erotic to anxiously d...
It’s been a while, but one of my previous reviews is actually of a later Kay Francis movie, Dr. Monica. What makes this dual feature interesting is in how its female doctors have similar situations, but get extremely different results. Both movies find Kay Francis as a medical professional. As Monica, a obstetrician, as Mary, a pediatrician; obviou...
I mentioned the connections between this and Dr. Monica, but there was a funny moment watching Mary Stevens that reminded me of Mandalay. In that film, Lyle Talbot plays the doctor on the run after...
Kay Francis plays Mary Stevens, M.D. - yes, a lady doctor in 1933 American cinema! Mary confronts her share of chauvinism - naturally - but manages to become a good doctor. She begins an affair with a married male doctor (ably played by Lyle Talbot).
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Starts out alright, with Mary Stevens (Francis) successfully operating her medical practice, delivering babies, laughing at Nurse Glenda Farrell’s dirty jokes. But this intelligent woman is inexplicably in love with a crooked fellow doctor (Lyle Talbot) with a drinking problem who she knows is married.
