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--> '''Pete''': Luscious! She had one of those tight black silk dresses....And a pair of mammaries! Mm!

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--> '''Pete''': -->'''Pete:''' Luscious! She had one of those tight black silk dresses....And a pair of mammaries! Mm!



* {{Fainting}}: Laura does this while Barbara's in surgery, just after finding out that George is the reason that Barbara's in surgery.

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* {{Fainting}}: Laura does this while Barbara's in surgery, just after finding out that George is the reason that Barbara's in surgery.surgery.
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None other than Creator/EliaKazan, who would later go on to great fame as a motion picture director, was in the original Broadway cast of ''Men in White'' as an orderly.

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None other than Creator/EliaKazan, who would later go on to great fame as a motion picture director, was in the original Broadway cast of ''Men in White'' as an orderly.
orderly, while legendary writer Creator/CliffordOdets played a hospital trustee.
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''Men in White'' is a 1933 stage play written by Sidney Kingsley.

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''Men in White'' is a 1933 stage play written by Sidney Kingsley.
Creator/SidneyKingsley.
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* BuxomIsBetter: Pete admires Miss Simpson, an X-ray tech.

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* BuxomIsBetter: BuxomBeautyStandard: Pete admires Miss Simpson, an X-ray tech.
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%% * GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you are reading this in the future, please check the trope page to make sure your example fits the current definition.

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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: One doctor hopes that another doctor who is going off on a date will get laid.
--> '''Pete''': Hope she gives in without a struggle.\\
'''Shorty''': [[ValuesDissonance No fun, you dope--without a struggle.]]

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%% * GettingCrapPastTheRadar: One doctor hopes that another doctor who GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is going off on a date will get laid.
--> '''Pete''': Hope she gives in without a struggle.\\
'''Shorty''': [[ValuesDissonance No fun,
on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you dope--without a struggle.]]are reading this in the future, please check the trope page to make sure your example fits the current definition.
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* DoorClosesEnding: Ends with Laura walking away after bidding George goodbye, then another doctor closing the door to the office as George takes a call about a patient.
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* AdaptationExpansion: Starts with a scene in which a construction worker is injured on the job, and then whisked to the hospital, in order to establish the setting.

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* AdaptationExpansion: Starts with a scene in which a construction worker is injured on the job, and then whisked to the hospital, in order to establish the setting.setting.
* {{Fainting}}: Laura does this while Barbara's in surgery, just after finding out that George is the reason that Barbara's in surgery.
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* MentorArchetype: Gray-haired Dr. Hochberg, who is grooming George for a grand career.

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* MentorArchetype: Gray-haired Dr. Hochberg, who is grooming George for a grand career.career.

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!!Tropes found in the 1934 film:

* AdaptationExpansion: Starts with a scene in which a construction worker is injured on the job, and then whisked to the hospital, in order to establish the setting.

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None other than Creator/EliaKazan, who would later go on to great fame as a motion picture director, was in the original Broadway cast of ''Men in White'' as an orderly. In 1934 ''Men in White'' was adapted into a film starring Creator/ClarkGable and Myrna Loy.

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None other than Creator/EliaKazan, who would later go on to great fame as a motion picture director, was in the original Broadway cast of ''Men in White'' as an orderly.

In 1934 ''Men in White'' was adapted into a film starring Creator/ClarkGable and Myrna Loy.
Creator/MyrnaLoy, directed by Richard Boleslawski, adapted by Sidney Kingsley from his own play.
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* ComicRelief: While George is serious and driven, his buddy Pete seems to be more concentrated on telling jokes and picking up women than on medicine.
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* AndTheAdventureContinues: The play ends with George, himself weeping over the news of Barbara's death, telling a mother over the phone that her son will be fine.


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* BittersweetEnding: Poor Barbara is dead, and George and Laura are broken up, although there's a little MaybeEverAfter hope. But George will continue his studies and become the doctor that Hochberg wants him to be.
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* MaybeEverAfter: Laura and George have broken up, but she suggests that maybe he can look her up again once he finally gets through his studies.
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None other than Creator/EliaKazan, who would later go on to great fame as a motion picture director, was in the original Broadway cast of ''Men in White'' as an orderly.

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None other than Creator/EliaKazan, who would later go on to great fame as a motion picture director, was in the original Broadway cast of ''Men in White'' as an orderly.
orderly. In 1934 ''Men in White'' was adapted into a film starring Creator/ClarkGable and Myrna Loy.
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* BackAlleyDoctor: Apparently Barbara went to one to get an abortion, three months after her encounter with George. She comes into the hospital suffering from septic shock from a botched procedure.
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--> '''Pete''': Luscious! She and one one of those tight black silk dresses....And a pair of mammaries! Mm!

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--> '''Pete''': Luscious! She and one had one of those tight black silk dresses....And a pair of mammaries! Mm!
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-> '''Pete''': Luscious! She and one one of those tight black silk dresses....And a pair of mammaries! Mm!

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-> --> '''Pete''': Luscious! She and one one of those tight black silk dresses....And a pair of mammaries! Mm!
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* BuxomIsBetter: Pete admires Miss Simpson, an X-ray tech.
-> '''Pete''': Luscious! She and one one of those tight black silk dresses....And a pair of mammaries! Mm!
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: One doctor hopes that another doctor who is going off on a date will get laid.
--> '''Pete''': Hope she gives in without a struggle.\\
'''Shorty''': [[ValuesDissonance No fun, you dope--without a struggle.]]


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* MalignedMixedMarriage: Dr. Levine comes from a wealthy Jewish family, but his mother disowned him after he married a Gentile.

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* AsYouKnow: Hochberg greets Dr. [=McCabe=] with "And how is Dr. [=McCabe=] today?"

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* AsYouKnow: AsYouKnow:
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Hochberg greets Dr. [=McCabe=] with "And how is Dr. [=McCabe=] today?"today?"
** And Laura greets her father with "How's my dad today?"
* GoodDocBadDoc: Dr. Cunningham is a private practitioner who believes in doing as little as possible while cashing patients' checks. Good Doc Dr. Ferguson saves a patient who Cunningham nearly kills when he misdiagnoses insulin shock as diabetic coma.
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''Men in White'' is a 1933 stage play written by Sidney Kingsley.

It is a medical drama set in an urban hospital. The protagonist is Dr. George Ferguson, an idealistic and gifted young physician and protege of highly respected Dr. Hochberg. Dr. Ferguson is talented and driven, and his medical career holds great promise. However, he has a fiancee, the lovely and charming Laura, who is getting tired of coming in second to his medical duties. Dr. Ferguson's devotion to his job threatens his relationship.

None other than Creator/EliaKazan, who would later go on to great fame as a motion picture director, was in the original Broadway cast of ''Men in White'' as an orderly.

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* AsYouKnow: Hochberg greets Dr. [=McCabe=] with "And how is Dr. [=McCabe=] today?"
* HospitalGurneyScene: Scene 1 ends with a woman being brought in on a "rolling stretcher" with a lacerated throat, "bleeding terribly", causing the doctors to snap into action.
* MarriedToTheJob: Source of the dramatic tension, as the demands of George's job push his relationship to the edge.
* MedicalDrama: Possibly the UrExample, centering on the struggles of an idealistic young doctor.
* MentorArchetype: Gray-haired Dr. Hochberg, who is grooming George for a grand career.

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