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Shining Victory
| Shining Victory |
| Directed by |
Irving Rapper |
| Produced by |
Hal Willis |
| Written by |
A. J. Cronin (play)
Howard Koch |
| Starring |
James Stephenson
Geraldine Fitzgerald
Donald Crisp
Barbara O'Neil |
| Music by |
Max Steiner |
| Cinematography |
James Wong Howe |
| Editing by |
Warren Low |
| Distributed by |
First National Pictures |
| Release date(s) |
June 7, 1941 |
| Running time |
80 min. |
| Country |
United States |
| Language |
English |
| IMDb profile |
Shining Victory (known as Winged Victory in the U.S.) is a 1941 film based on the play, Jupiter Laughs, by A. J. Cronin. It stars James Stephenson, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Donald Crisp, and Barbara O'Neil, and it was the first film directed by Irving Rapper. Bette Davis makes a brief appearance as a nurse in the film.
Plot summary
A brilliant research psychiatrist, Dr. Paul Venner, is driven out of Budapest by another researcher who has taken false credit for Venner's work. After going to London, Dr. Venner is offered a job in a Scottish sanitarium where he can continue his research on dementia precox, a disease from which his father had suffered.
Mary Murray, a pretty young doctor, becomes his laboratory assistant. They fall in love, though she has plans to go to China to engage in medical missionary work in a year's time. Paul convinces her to remain with him, and the two become betrothed. A fire breaks out in the lab and Mary tragically dies in an effort to salvage Paul's valuable records. The deeply distressed doctor turns down several posts at prestigious universities in order to realize Mary's dream of helping the sick in China.
Cast
- James Stephenson as Dr. Paul Venner
- Geraldine Fitzgerald as Dr. Mary Murray
- Donald Crisp as Dr. Drewett
- Barbara O'Neil as Miss Leeming
- Montagu Love as Dr. Blake
- Sig Ruman as Professor Herman Von Reiter
- George Huntley, Jr. as Dr. Thornton
- Richard Ainley as Dr. Hale
- Bruce Lester as Dr. Bentley
- Leonard Mudie as Mr. Foster
- Doris Lloyd as Mrs. Foster
- Frank Reicher as Dr. Esterhazy
- Hermine Sterler as Miss Hoffman
- Billy Bevan as Chivers
- Clare Verdera as Miss Dennis
- Crauford Kent as Dr. Corliss
- Alec Craig as the jeweler
- Louise Brien as a nurse
- Bette Davis as a nurse
| A.J. Cronin |
| WORKS |
| Novels |
| Hatter's Castle • Three Loves • Grand Canary • The Stars Look Down • The Citadel • The Keys of the Kingdom • The Green Years • Shannon's Way • The Spanish Gardener • The Valorous Years • Beyond This Place • A Thing of Beauty/Crusader's Tomb • The Northern Light • The Native Doctor/An Apple in Eden • The Judas Tree • A Song of Sixpence • A Pocketful of Rye • The Minstrel Boy/Desmonde • Lady with Carnations • Gracie Lindsay |
| Selected Short Stories & Story Collections |
| "Kaleidoscope in 'K'" • Country Doctor (novella) • "Vigil in the Night" • Adventures of a Black Bag • The Innkeeper's Wife • Further Adventures of a Black Bag • Doctor Finlay of Tannochbrae |
| Play |
| Jupiter Laughs |
| Autobiography |
| Adventures in Two Worlds |
| UK/US Film & Television Adaptations |
| Once to Every Woman • Grand Canary • The Citadel (film) • Vigil in the Night • The Stars Look Down • Shining Victory • Hatter's Castle • The Keys of the Kingdom • The Green Years • The Spanish Gardener • Web of Evidence • Dr. Finlay's Casebook • The Citadel (television) |
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This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Shining_Victory". A list of authors is available in Wikipedia.
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