The White Parade

1934 film by Irving Cummings

November 16, 1934 (1934-11-16) (U.S.)

Running time

80 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglish

The White Parade is a 1934 film directed by Irving Cummings and starring Loretta Young and John Boles. It was written by Rian James, Jesse Lasky Jr., Sonya Levien and Ernest Pascal, from the novel by Rian James.

Dedicated to "the memory of Florence Nightingale", the plot concerns the travails and romances of young women as they study to become nurses. The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture.

The only surviving print is located at the UCLA film archive. The print is in rough shape; several frames are out of alignment, at times, while the whole picture looks bleached out and very fuzzy. As well, near the end of the film, a sign pops up indicating "reel 7".

Plot

Cast

Loretta Young as June Arden
John Boles as Ronald Hall III
Dorothy Wilson as Zita Scofield
Muriel Kirkland as Glenda Farley
Astrid Allwyn as Gertrude Mack
Frank Conroy as Dr. Thorne
Jane Darwell as Miss 'Sailor' Roberts
Sara Haden as Miss Harrington
Joyce Compton as Una Mellon
June Gittelson as Lou 'Pudgy' Stebbins
Polly Ann Young as Hannah Seymour
Noel Francis as Nurse Clare
Shirley Palmer as Telephone Operator

Reception

The film was a success at the box office.^[1]

Awards

The White Parade was nominated for the Best Picture Oscar in 1934. Loretta Young also appeared in The House of Rothschild the same year, which was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture.^[2] The film was also nominated in the category Sound Recording (Edmund H. Hansen).

References

^ Churchill, Douglas W. The Year in Hollywood: 1934 May Be Remembered as the Beginning of the Sweetness-and-Light Era (gate locked); New York Times [New York, N.Y] 30 Dec 1934: X5. Retrieved December 16, 2013.
^ "The 7th Academy Awards (1935) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2011-08-07.