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Woman Doctor (1939)

Woman Doctor poster
Directed by
Sidney Salkow
Genre
drama film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 05m
Rating
3.3 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman doctor faces challenges in her career and personal life during the late 1930s. She deals with skepticism and conflicts involving her male colleagues and a romantic interest.

melodramaticserioustensedatedemotionally chargedsomberpersonalmiddle-paced

What happens

Woman Doctor is a 1939 American melodrama film directed by Sidney Salkow and starring Frieda Inescort, Henry Wilcoxon, and Claire Dodd. The screenplay was written by Joseph Moncure March, based on a story by Alice Altschuler and Miriam Geiger. The film opened on February 6, 1939. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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