Women in War
US (1940): Drama/War
John H. Auer directs this RKO release starring Elsie Janis, Wendy Barrie, Patric Knowles, Mae Clarke, Dennie Moore, Dorothy Peterson and Billy Gilbert. A "good-time girl", raised by her somewhat lax divorced father, finds herself involved in an accidental death, and the only way she's able to get out of it is to volunteer -- albeit reluctantly -- to be a nurse in the war effort. She travels to England and is assigned to a hospital under a very strict matron. What the girl doesn't know is that the matron is the mother she has never seen. (frankfob, IMDb)
This is one of a dozen or so Republic films that exist solely within the UCLA archives. The film was nominated for an Oscar® for Special Effects. UCLA holds three copies - one is missing forty feet, one is missing five feet and one is missing one reel. The film is being held for preservation and is not viewable by the public. (Arne Andersen, IMDb)
1 nomination
· Special Effects 1940: Howard J. Lydecker, William Bradford & Ellis J. Thackery - Photographic; Herbert Norsch - Sound