Strange Lady in Town

The Life of a Doctor ( Original title: Strange Lady in Town ) is an American Western Mervyn LeRoy in 1955 with Greer Garson and Dana Andrews in the lead roles.

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Dr. Julia Winslow Garth 1880 leaves them of the native Boston to start a new life in the American West. She moved to Santa Fe, where her brother Lt.. David Garth is stationed with the army. There she met shortly after their arrival, the wild Spurs O'Brien know when these past her bring a first patient with a toothache. Spurs quickly makes friends with Julia and her sold her horse and her carriage. As Spurs ' widowed father Dr. Rork O'Brien Julia sees how she drives the coach of his daughter, he accused them of stealing horses and goes after her. Julia is unable to curb her horse, but it is Rork who builds an accident with his carriage and injured. When patch up his injury he explains Julia, that it had acquired the horse and carriage worthy of Spurs. Rork, who is also a doctor, his colleague occurs very skeptical. He thinks nothing of its new medical practices and finds that a woman's place is behind the stove. The local priest Father Gabriel, however, entertains no reservations about Julia and shows her the simple Hospital, which he founded. There she is doing what she can to help the people. Of the residents, it will soon be very much appreciated. Even Rork feels gradually attracted to her. As they ride along through the prairie, they encounter Apaches, who are fascinated by Julia's red hair. As their leader, Julia's hair touched, Rork intervenes and explains to his wife Julia.

Because let more and more patients prefer to be treated by Julia, she is accused of Rork trying to oust him. Since she refuses his demand to leave the hospital, he lays down in protest his work. As for Julia a birthday party is organized, Rork is on his grudge against her and tells her to have missed it. In private, he finally gives her an engagement ring and quoted a poem by Elizabeth Barrett Browning. Although flattered by his request Julia, she rejects him. She finds that a marriage between two such stubborn people would like them do not work. She had become a doctor, because she wanted to prove in a man's profession. Rorks reservations and old-fashioned attitude are the things from which they had fled in Boston. Rork is disappointed, but still accompanied Julia to the ball of the Governor. In the course of the evening, Julia meets Governor Lew Wallace, his novel Ben Hur is currently writing. When Wallace noted to have chronic heart problems, Julia is convinced that there will be close collar is causing his problems. However, this contradicts the diagnosis of Rork why he is angry again and his reputation looks in danger.

Julia's brother David beats Meanwhile, Captain Taggart to the ground, which has accused him of cheating at cards and sell stolen cattle to the army. David is then arrested, but can still escape the same night from the jail. He flees to Juliet's house, to say goodbye and admit that the allegations against him were true of her. Before he leaves the city, he and some of his followers want to rob a bank. You will be caught and then run away. After the sheriff and his men have made the hiding place of David locate Julia is asked to persuade her brother to surrender without a fight. David takes Julia's advice to eventually. When he still attempts from a sudden impulse to run away, he is shot and dies.

A few days after this incident, Julia grabs her things to leave the city. She is convinced that their neighbors blame her at David's decline and they also condemn for pursuing a profession men. As a large crowd gathered outside her house, she asks to leave the city, even Rork arrives with her. By accusing the rebels of the mass of baseless hatred, he brings the other inhabitants to Julia to accept again as a honorable member of their community. Having Julia called best doctor in Santa Fe, she gives him a kiss and agrees to become his wife.

Background

Warner Brothers ' The Life of a doctor Greer Garsons first film was in a different studio after their many successful years at MGM. Originally, the Western on location in Santa Fe should be rotated. However, studio head Jack L. Warner decided for reasons of cost for Tucson, Arizona, where then Gabriel Scognamillo was responsible for the Filmbauten. The costumes were designed by Emile Santiago. During the filming of Garson plagued serious health problems. In October 1954, she was finally admitted to a hospital, where her appendix had to be removed. This led to several weeks of delay the shoot and drove the production cost of the already expensive project further into the air.

The title song Strange Lady in Town, written by Dimitri Tiomkin and Ned Washington and sung by Frankie Laine was, even before the release of the film a hit in the U.S. radio. Also, the film that arrived in the United States on 12 April 1955 in the cinemas, was a success and played loose its production costs of about three million U.S. dollars again.

From the life of a doctor is in Germany, where the film was first shown on 19 July 1955 under the titles The redhead from Santa Fe and The Untamed known in Austria as a stranger woman in Santa Fe.

Reviews

For the lexicon of international film was The Life of a health care professional " hardly convincing fusion of drama and Western woman ." The Hollywood Reporter found that the expensive " in CinemaScope and rich colors " rolling prairie movie " Greer Garsons beauty, charm and kindness before the rural charm of the old Southwest" highlighting.

Bosley Crowther said of the New York Times that Greer Garson " probably the finest and most elegant lady " was, " that ever occurred in a Western ". However, despite "all this elegance " is the film no more than " a cluttered display of Miss Garsons resilience ". Dana Andrews plays " the doctor with a touch of servility " while had " several other character actors in the foreground " pushed and jostled, " in order to draw attention to themselves ." Mervyn LeRoy's directing was " plain, just like Frank Butler's screenplay ". However, " some of the scenes pretty to look in color and CinemaScope " were still.

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