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Shortly after the character's first appearance in a magazine story, Paramount Pictures used the story and character as the basis for the 1937 film Internes Can't Take Money, starring Joel McCrea as Jimmie Kildare.
Kildare, without examining Mary's brother, decides he has epilepsy on the basis that Douglas sometimes seems to hear noises no one else hears. This makes Mary afraid to marry Kildare for fear of having him end up with a sick wife or epileptic children.
Jimmy Kildare's impending nuptials are jeopardized by a diagnosis of possible epilepsy in his fiancee's brother.
- Harold S. Bucquet
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
The Medical Society of New York wrote a letter to the PCA protesting the way epilepsy was presented in the movie. They objected to the claims that epilepsy is inherited, that it is curable and that it leads to insanity.
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- Drama
- Harold S. Bucquet
- 1940-11-29
Soon after, the happy couple's optimism evaporates into despair when Douglas begins to hear nonexistent sounds and experience extreme mood swings, symptoms that lead Dr. Kildare to suspect that Douglas may have epilepsy, a hereditary condition that threatens his marriage to Mary.
- Harold S. Bucquet, Al Shenberg
- Lew Ayres
Jimmy Kildare's impending nuptials are jeopardized by a diagnosis of possible epilepsy in his fiancee's brother.
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Episodes frequently highlighted diseases or medical conditions that had not been widely discussed on television, including drug addiction, sickle cell anemia and epilepsy. Episodes about venereal disease (personally requested by President Lyndon B. Johnson) and the birth control pill were written, but never produced due to network objections. [9] .
