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| caption = [[Fay Holden]] and [[Dorothy McGuire]]
| caption = [[Fay Holden]] and [[Dorothy McGuire]]
| film name = <!--(for non-English films: film's name in its native language)-->
| native_name = <!--(for non-English films: film's name in its native language)-->
| director = [[Jacques Tourneur]]
| director = [[Jacques Tourneur]]
| producer = B. P. Fineman
| producer = B. P. Fineman
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* [[Dorothy McGuire]]
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| studio = [[Selznick International Pictures#Vanguard Films and Selznick Releasing Organization|Vanguard Films, Inc.]]| distributor = [[Office of War Information]]
| studio = [[Vanguard Films]]
| distributor = [[United States Office of War Information|Office of War Information]]
| released = May 18, 1944
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| runtime = 10 minutes
| runtime = 10 minutes
| country = United States
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'''''Reward Unlimited''''' is a [[short film]] produced in 1944 by [[David O. Selznick]]'s [[Selznick International Pictures#Vanguard Films and Selznick Releasing Organization|Vanguard Films, Inc.]], for the [[United States Public Health Service]], dramatizing the need for volunteer military nurses for the U. S. [[Cadet Nurse Corps]] during World War II. Directed by [[Jacques Tourneur]], the 10-minute film stars [[Dorothy McGuire]]<ref name="NARA">{{cite web |url=https://research.archives.gov/id/13272 |title=Reward Unlimited |publisher=[[National Archives and Records Administration]] |access-date=2015-12-07}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Hu |first=Winnie |date=November 11, 2000 |title=Seeking Remembrance for Wartime Service |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2000/11/11/nyregion/seeking-remembrance-for-wartime-service-women-who-filled-stateside-nursing-gap.html |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=2015-12-06 }}</ref> in one of her first films. The story by [[Mary C. McCall, Jr.]], dramatizes the choice that young Peggy Adams makes to become a nurse, her training, and her volunteering for military nursing service. The cast includes [[Aline MacMahon]], [[James Brown (actor)|James Brown]], [[Spring Byington]] and [[Tom Tully]].<ref name="NARA"/>
'''''Reward Unlimited''''' is a [[short film]] produced in 1944 by [[David O. Selznick]]'s [[Vanguard Films]], for the [[United States Public Health Service]], dramatizing the need for volunteer military nurses for the U. S. [[Cadet Nurse Corps]] during World War II. Directed by [[Jacques Tourneur]], the 10-minute film stars [[Dorothy McGuire]]<ref name="NARA">{{cite web |url=https://research.archives.gov/id/13272 |title=Reward Unlimited |publisher=[[National Archives and Records Administration]] |access-date=2015-12-07}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Hu |first=Winnie |date=November 11, 2000 |title=Seeking Remembrance for Wartime Service |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/11/11/nyregion/seeking-remembrance-for-wartime-service-women-who-filled-stateside-nursing-gap.html |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=2015-12-06 }}</ref> in one of her first films. The story by [[Mary C. McCall, Jr.]], dramatizes the choice that young Peggy Adams makes to become a nurse, her training, and her volunteering for military nursing service. The cast includes [[Aline MacMahon]], [[James Brown (actor)|James Brown]], [[Spring Byington]] and [[Tom Tully]].<ref name="NARA"/>


'' Reward Unlimited'' was released May 18, 1944.<ref>{{cite book |last=Doherty |first=Thomas |date=1993 |title=Projections of War: Hollywood, American Culture, and World War II |location=New York |publisher=[[Columbia University Press]] |page=325 |isbn=9780231082440}}</ref> Distributed by the [[Office of War Information]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.worldcat.org/title/reward-unlimited/oclc/20626007 |title=Reward Unlimited |publisher=[[WorldCat]] |access-date=2015-12-07}}</ref> the film was exhibited in theaters and at Cadet Nurse Corps recruitment events in 1944 and 1945.<ref>{{cite news |date=May 18, 1944 |title=Cadet Nurses to Appear at Theatre with Film |newspaper=[[The Herald-Mail|The Daily Mail]] |location=[[Hagerstown, Maryland]] }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=June 18, 1944 |title=Theatre Calendar |newspaper=Wichita Daily Times |location=[[Wichita Falls, Texas]] |quote='Reward Unlimited', a U.S. government release. }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=May 3, 1945 |title=Cadet Nurses to Entertain |newspaper=[[Albuquerque Journal]] |location= }}</ref>
'' Reward Unlimited'' was released May 18, 1944.<ref>{{cite book |last=Doherty |first=Thomas |date=1993 |title=Projections of War: Hollywood, American Culture, and World War II |location=New York |publisher=[[Columbia University Press]] |page=325 |isbn=9780231082440}}</ref> Distributed by the [[United States Office of War Information]],<ref>{{cite book |title=Reward Unlimited |publisher=[[WorldCat]] |oclc = 20626007}}</ref> the film was exhibited in 16,000 theaters and seen by an estimated 90 million people.<ref name="Public Health Reports">{{cite journal |last1=Willever |first1=Heather |last2=Parascandola |first2=John |date=May–June 1994 |title=The Cadet Nurse Corps, 1943–48 |journal=[[Public Health Reports]] |publisher=Association of Schools of Public Health |volume=109 |issue=3 |pages=455–457 |pmid=8190871 |pmc=1403514 }}</ref>{{Rp|456}} It was also presented at Cadet Nurse Corps recruitment events nationwide in 1944 and 1945.<ref>{{cite news |date=May 18, 1944 |title=Cadet Nurses to Appear at Theatre with Film |newspaper=[[The Herald-Mail|The Daily Mail]] |location=[[Hagerstown, Maryland]] }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=June 18, 1944 |title=Theatre Calendar |newspaper=Wichita Daily Times |location=[[Wichita Falls, Texas]] |quote='Reward Unlimited', a U.S. government release.}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=May 3, 1945 |title=Cadet Nurses to Entertain |newspaper=[[Albuquerque Journal]] }}</ref>


==Plot==
==Plot==
[[Image:Reward-Unlimited-McGuire-MacMahon.jpg|thumb|300px|left|[[Dorothy McGuire]] and [[Aline MacMahon]] in ''Reward Unlimited'']]
[[Image:Reward-Unlimited-McGuire-MacMahon.jpg|thumb|300px|left|[[Dorothy McGuire]] and [[Aline MacMahon]] in ''Reward Unlimited'']]
Peggy Adams ([[Dorothy McGuire]]) and her fiancé Paul ([[James Brown (actor)|James Brown]]) sit on a bench beside a pond, on the eve of his departure for amphibious training. He tells her, "We'll be married, but afterwards, after we've won the war." Peggy tells him she is going to find some war work herself — "Something that will make you proud of me, something that means something, to bring you home quicker." They part at the railroad station, and on her way home Peggy falls on the sidewalk. A friendly nurse ([[Aline MacMahon]]) helps her, and as she bandages Peggy's knee she tells her about the important work of the new U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps and its great need for nurses. Back at home, Peggy tries to enlist the enthusiasm of her mother ([[Spring Byington]]), who dismisses the idea of her becoming a cadet nurse — but Peggy's father ([[Tom Tully]]) encourages her. In a montage, Peggy undergoes training and is graduated from the program. The last scenes show Peggy and a fellow nurse walking down a hospital corridor, where they hear a child crying. Peggy goes into a dark room, switches on the light and comforts a young boy who had awoken from a nightmare. He tells her that he likes her more than the other nurses because she has "kind of an inside shine" that shows in her eyes. Peggy says, "I guess that's what happens when you're happy," and she switches off the light. The film ends with Peggy walking toward the camera, while a narrator encourages qualified female viewers to apply for the Cadet Nurse Corps.
Peggy Adams ([[Dorothy McGuire]]) and her fiancé Paul ([[James Brown (actor)|James Brown]]) talk on the eve of his departure for active duty. He tells her, "We'll be married, but afterwards, after we've won the war." Peggy tells him she is going to find some war work herself—"Something that will make you proud of me, something that means something, to bring you home quicker." They part at the railroad station, and on her way home Peggy falls on the sidewalk. A kind nurse ([[Aline MacMahon]]) helps her. While bandaging Peggy's knee she tells her about the important work of the new U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps, and its great need for nurses. Back at home, Peggy tries to enlist the support of her mother ([[Spring Byington]]), who dismisses the idea of her becoming a cadet nurse—but Peggy's father ([[Tom Tully]]) encourages her. In a montage, Peggy undergoes training and is graduated from the program. The last scenes show Peggy and a fellow nurse walking down a hospital corridor, where they hear a child crying. Peggy goes into a dark room, switches on the light and comforts a young boy ([[Jackie "Butch" Jenkins|Butch Jenkins]]) who has awoken from a nightmare. He tells her that he likes her more than the other nurses because she has "kind of an inside shine" that shows in her eyes. Peggy says, "I guess that's what happens when you're happy," and she switches off the light. The film ends with Peggy walking toward the camera, while a narrator encourages qualified female viewers to apply for the Cadet Nurse Corps.


==Cast==
==Cast==
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* [[Spring Byington]] as Peggy's mother
* [[Spring Byington]] as Peggy's mother
* [[Tom Tully]] as Peggy's father
* [[Tom Tully]] as Peggy's father
* [[Jackie "Butch" Jenkins]] as the boy<ref>{{cite web |url=http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2ba2daa410 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120716084412/http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2ba2daa410 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-07-16 |title=Jackie 'Butch' Jenkins |website=[[BFI Film & TV Database]] |publisher=[[British Film Institute]] |access-date=2015-12-07}}</ref>


==Reception==
==Reception and legacy==
"This efficiently functional film is interesting mainly as Tourneur's most explicit study of the medical profession," wrote modern film scholar Chris Fujikawa, who remarked that "one notes in the film's characterization of nursing the same thematic combination of spirituality and service that informs ''[[I Walked with a Zombie]]'' and ''[[Stars in My Crown (film)|Stars in My Crown]]''."<ref name="Fujiwara">{{cite book |last=Fujiwara |first=Chris |date=1998 |title=Jacques Tourneur: The Cinema of Nightfall |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tSX8EUOlqT0C&pg=PA123&dq=Reward+Unlimited+Cadet+Nurse&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiv15-M-8rJAhXip4MKHTZcAT8Q6AEIOzAE#v=onepage&q=Reward%20Unlimited%20Cadet%20Nurse&f=false |location=Jefferson, N.C. |publisher=[[McFarland & Company|McFarland]] |pages=123–124 |isbn=9780786404919 }}</ref>
"This efficiently functional film is interesting mainly as Tourneur's most explicit study of the medical profession," wrote modern film scholar Chris Fujikawa, who remarked that "one notes in the film's characterization of nursing the same thematic combination of spirituality and service that informs ''[[I Walked with a Zombie]]'' and ''[[Stars in My Crown (film)|Stars in My Crown]]''."<ref name="Fujiwara">{{cite book |last=Fujiwara |first=Chris |date=1998 |title=Jacques Tourneur: The Cinema of Nightfall |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tSX8EUOlqT0C&dq=Reward+Unlimited+Cadet+Nurse&pg=PA123 |location=Jefferson, N.C. |publisher=[[McFarland & Company|McFarland]] |pages=123–124 |isbn=9780786404919 }}</ref>

The [[Academy Film Archive]] preserved ''Reward Unlimited'' in 2013.<ref>{{cite web|title=Preserved Projects|url=https://www.oscars.org/academy-film-archive/preserved-projects?title=reward+unlimited&filmmaker=&category=All&collection=All|website=Academy Film Archive}}</ref> The film is part of the Academy War Film Collection, one of the largest collections of World War II era short films held outside government archives.<ref>{{cite web|title=Academy War Film Collection|url=http://www.oscars.org/film-archive/collections/academy-war-film-collection|website=Academy Film Archive}}</ref>


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
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File:Reward-Unlimited-5.jpg|Dorothy McGuire
File:Reward-Unlimited-5.jpg|Dorothy McGuire
File:Reward-Unlimited-6.jpg|Dorothy McGuire
File:Reward-Unlimited-6.jpg|Dorothy McGuire
File:Reward-Unlimited-1.jpg|Dorothy McGuire and Robert Forrest
File:Reward-Limited-15.jpg|Vanessie Clark, [[Beatrice Gray]] and Dorothy McGuire
File:Reward-Limited-15.jpg|Vanessie Clark, [[Beatrice Gray]] and Dorothy McGuire
</gallery>
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==External links==
==External links==
{{commons category|Reward Unlimited}}
*{{IMDb title | 0186493 | Reward Unlimited }}
*{{IMDb title | 0186493 | Reward Unlimited }}


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Latest revision as of 02:38, 7 May 2024

Reward Unlimited
Fay Holden and Dorothy McGuire
Directed byJacques Tourneur
Written byMary C. McCall, Jr.
Produced byB. P. Fineman
Starring
Production
company
Distributed byOffice of War Information
Release date
  • May 18, 1944 (1944-05-18)
Running time
10 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Reward Unlimited is a short film produced in 1944 by David O. Selznick's Vanguard Films, for the United States Public Health Service, dramatizing the need for volunteer military nurses for the U. S. Cadet Nurse Corps during World War II. Directed by Jacques Tourneur, the 10-minute film stars Dorothy McGuire[1][2] in one of her first films. The story by Mary C. McCall, Jr., dramatizes the choice that young Peggy Adams makes to become a nurse, her training, and her volunteering for military nursing service. The cast includes Aline MacMahon, James Brown, Spring Byington and Tom Tully.[1]

Reward Unlimited was released May 18, 1944.[3] Distributed by the United States Office of War Information,[4] the film was exhibited in 16,000 theaters and seen by an estimated 90 million people.[5]: 456  It was also presented at Cadet Nurse Corps recruitment events nationwide in 1944 and 1945.[6][7][8]

Plot

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Dorothy McGuire and Aline MacMahon in Reward Unlimited

Peggy Adams (Dorothy McGuire) and her fiancé Paul (James Brown) talk on the eve of his departure for active duty. He tells her, "We'll be married, but afterwards, after we've won the war." Peggy tells him she is going to find some war work herself—"Something that will make you proud of me, something that means something, to bring you home quicker." They part at the railroad station, and on her way home Peggy falls on the sidewalk. A kind nurse (Aline MacMahon) helps her. While bandaging Peggy's knee she tells her about the important work of the new U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps, and its great need for nurses. Back at home, Peggy tries to enlist the support of her mother (Spring Byington), who dismisses the idea of her becoming a cadet nurse—but Peggy's father (Tom Tully) encourages her. In a montage, Peggy undergoes training and is graduated from the program. The last scenes show Peggy and a fellow nurse walking down a hospital corridor, where they hear a child crying. Peggy goes into a dark room, switches on the light and comforts a young boy (Butch Jenkins) who has awoken from a nightmare. He tells her that he likes her more than the other nurses because she has "kind of an inside shine" that shows in her eyes. Peggy says, "I guess that's what happens when you're happy," and she switches off the light. The film ends with Peggy walking toward the camera, while a narrator encourages qualified female viewers to apply for the Cadet Nurse Corps.

Cast

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Reception and legacy

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"This efficiently functional film is interesting mainly as Tourneur's most explicit study of the medical profession," wrote modern film scholar Chris Fujikawa, who remarked that "one notes in the film's characterization of nursing the same thematic combination of spirituality and service that informs I Walked with a Zombie and Stars in My Crown."[9]

The Academy Film Archive preserved Reward Unlimited in 2013.[11] The film is part of the Academy War Film Collection, one of the largest collections of World War II era short films held outside government archives.[12]

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  • James Brown and Dorothy McGuire
    James Brown and Dorothy McGuire
  • Dorothy McGuire and Spring Byington
    Dorothy McGuire and Spring Byington
  • Dorothy McGuire and Tom Tully
    Dorothy McGuire and Tom Tully
  • Dorothy McGuire
    Dorothy McGuire
  • Dorothy McGuire
    Dorothy McGuire
  • Dorothy McGuire and Robert Forrest
    Dorothy McGuire and Robert Forrest
  • Vanessie Clark, Beatrice Gray and Dorothy McGuire
    Vanessie Clark, Beatrice Gray and Dorothy McGuire

References

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  1. ^ a b "Reward Unlimited". National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved 2015-12-07.
  2. ^ Hu, Winnie (November 11, 2000). "Seeking Remembrance for Wartime Service". The New York Times. Retrieved 2015-12-06.
  3. ^ Doherty, Thomas (1993). Projections of War: Hollywood, American Culture, and World War II. New York: Columbia University Press. p. 325. ISBN 9780231082440.
  4. ^ Reward Unlimited. WorldCat. OCLC 20626007.
  5. ^ Willever, Heather; Parascandola, John (May–June 1994). "The Cadet Nurse Corps, 1943–48". Public Health Reports. 109 (3). Association of Schools of Public Health: 455–457. PMC 1403514. PMID 8190871.
  6. ^ "Cadet Nurses to Appear at Theatre with Film". The Daily Mail. Hagerstown, Maryland. May 18, 1944.
  7. ^ "Theatre Calendar". Wichita Daily Times. Wichita Falls, Texas. June 18, 1944. 'Reward Unlimited', a U.S. government release.
  8. ^ "Cadet Nurses to Entertain". Albuquerque Journal. May 3, 1945.
  9. ^ a b c Fujiwara, Chris (1998). Jacques Tourneur: The Cinema of Nightfall. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland. pp. 123–124. ISBN 9780786404919.
  10. ^ "Jackie 'Butch' Jenkins". BFI Film & TV Database. British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 2012-07-16. Retrieved 2015-12-07.
  11. ^ "Preserved Projects". Academy Film Archive.
  12. ^ "Academy War Film Collection". Academy Film Archive.
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