Night Nurse (1931)

Pay What You Can

Speakeasy Cinema Series – Doors open at 6 pm, movie at 7pm

Jazz Music, Specialty Craft Cocktails (and Mocktails) for purchase

along with our full selection of beverages at the concession stand.

Complimentary light bites will we available.  

Night Nurse is a 1931 American pre-code crime drama mystery film directed by William A. Wellman. The film stars Barbara Stanwyck as Lora Hart, a nurse who discovers a plot to murder two children, Desney and Nanny Ritchey, under her supervision. The story unfolds as Lora, who is initially rejected from a nursing position due to her lack of a high school diploma, charms the hospital’s chief of staff, Dr. Arthur Bell, who then hires her. As she works the night shift in the emergency room, Lora uncovers a sinister conspiracy involving the children’s neglect and the corrupt physician Dr. Milton Ranger. The film explores themes of medical ethics, Prohibition era bootlegging, and class corruption, and is notable for its risqué content, including scenes of nurses undressing. Night Nurse features fun characters and packs a lot of storytelling into a brisk seventy minutes. It’s one of Clark Gable’s beginning roles in Hollywood.

Rated TV-G

Running Time 71 minutes