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'' 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 [[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> |
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==Cast== |
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* [[Dorothy McGuire]] as Peggy Adams |
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* [[James Brown (actor)|James Brown]] as Paul, Peggy's fiancé<ref name="Fujiwara"/> |
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* [[Aline MacMahon]] as Mrs. Scott<ref name="Fujiwara"/> |
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* [[Spring Byington]] as Peggy's mother |
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* [[Tom Tully]] as Peggy's father |
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==Reception== |
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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]]''.<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> |
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==Gallery== |
==Gallery== |
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Revision as of 00:42, 8 December 2015
| Reward Unlimited | |
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| Directed by | Jacques Tourneur |
| Written by | Mary C. McCall, Jr. |
| Produced by | B. P. Fineman |
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| Distributed by | Office of War Information |
Release date | May 18, 1944 |
Running time | 10 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Reward Unlimited is a short film produced in 1944 by David O. Selznick's 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[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 Office of War Information,[4] the film was exhibited in theaters and at Cadet Nurse Corps recruitment events in 1944 and 1945.[5][6][7]
Cast
- Dorothy McGuire as Peggy Adams
- James Brown as Paul, Peggy's fiancé[8]
- Aline MacMahon as Mrs. Scott[8]
- Spring Byington as Peggy's mother
- Tom Tully as Peggy's father
Reception
"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.[8]
Gallery
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Dorothy McGuire and Spring Byington -
Dorothy McGuire and Tom Tully -
Dorothy McGuire -
Vanessie Clark, Beatrice Gray and Dorothy McGuire -
Dorothy McGuire and Aline MacMahon -
Dorothy McGuire -
Fay Holden and Dorothy McGuire
References
- ^ a b "Reward Unlimited". National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved 2015-12-07.
- ^ Hu, Winnie (November 11, 2000). "Seeking Remembrance for Wartime Service". The New York Times. Retrieved 2015-12-06.
- ^ Doherty, Thomas (1993). Projections of War: Hollywood, American Culture, and World War II. New York: Columbia University Press. p. 325. ISBN 9780231082440.
- ^ "Reward Unlimited". WorldCat. Retrieved 2015-12-07.
- ^ "Cadet Nurses to Appear at Theatre with Film". The Daily Mail. Hagerstown, Maryland. May 18, 1944.
- ^ "Theatre Calendar". Wichita Daily Times. Wichita Falls, Texas. June 18, 1944.
'Reward Unlimited', a U.S. government release.
- ^ "Cadet Nurses to Entertain". Albuquerque Journal. May 3, 1945.
- ^ a b c Fujiwara, Chris (1998). Jacques Tourneur: The Cinema of Nightfall. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland. pp. 123–124. ISBN 9780786404919.
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