Green Light (1937) |
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| Director(s) | Frank Borzage |
| Producer(s) | Hal B. Wallis (uncredited), Henry Blanke (uncredited), Jack L. Warner (uncredited), Frank Borzage |
| Top Genres | Drama, Romance |
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Errol Flynn(as Dr. Newell Paige)
Green Light
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1937
Green Light
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1937
Errol Flynn
(as Dr. Newell Paige)
Anita Louise(as Phyllis Dexter)
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1937
Green Light
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1937
Anita Louise
(as Phyllis Dexter)
Margaret Lindsay(as Frances Ogilvie)
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1937
Green Light
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1937
Margaret Lindsay
(as Frances Ogilvie)
Cedric Hardwicke(as Dean Harcourt)
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1937
Green Light
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1937
Cedric Hardwicke
(as Dean Harcourt)
Walter Abel(as Doctor John Stafford)
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1937
Green Light
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1937
Walter Abel
(as Doctor John Stafford)
Henry O'Neill(as Dr. Endicott)
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1937
Green Light
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1937
Henry O'Neill
(as Dr. Endicott)
Spring Byington(as Mrs. Dexter)
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1937
Green Light
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1937
Spring Byington
(as Mrs. Dexter)
Erin O'Brien-Moore(as Pat Arlen)
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1937
Green Light
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1937
Erin O'Brien-Moore
(as Pat Arlen)
Green Light Overview:
Green Light (1937) was a Drama - Romance Film directed by Frank Borzage and produced by Hal B. Wallis, Henry Blanke, Jack L. Warner and Frank Borzage.
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Green Light(1937).
Green Light (1937). Directed by Frank Borzage. Cast: Errol Flynn, Anita Louise and Margaret Lindsay.The film is adapted from a novel written by Lloyd C. Douglas. The novel is related to Douglas' previous book, Magnificent Obsession, which was also turned into a movie. Young surgeon Newell Paige, li... Read full article
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Green Light Quotes:
Doctor John Stafford:
[Seeing Paige cooking eggs] Who told you to get breakfast?
Dr. Newell Paige: My stomach!
Dr. Newell Paige: My stomach!
Dean Harcourt:
I imagine we come here for the same purpose... to look off into eternity.
Dr. Newell Paige: I don't think I'm very much concerned with eternity. My job's with the present.
Dean Harcourt: The present troubles you?
Dr. Newell Paige: Yes, a little. One has ideals... Troublesome things, ideals. They get in the way of logic, fair thinking. Eternity?
[He shakes his head]
Dr. Newell Paige: After all, the patient feels just as much pain today even though tomorrow he thinks he may be sitting on the edge of a cloud, strumming a harp.
Dean Harcourt: And you're concerned with curing today's pain so the patient won't... uh... join the Heavenly Host.
Dr. Newell Paige: Right.
Dean Harcourt: Narurally as a physician you believe that...
Dr. Newell Paige: [Interrupting] How did you know I'm a physician?
Dean Harcourt: You just told me.
Dr. Newell Paige: [laughs to himself] Right.
Dean Harcourt: Tou know, you and I are in the same sort of business. If I concern myself more with eternity, it's because my job is with the soul, rather than with the body.
Dr. Newell Paige: Preacher?
Dean Harcourt: I much prefer to be known as a teacher.
Dr. Newell Paige: I don't think I'm very much concerned with eternity. My job's with the present.
Dean Harcourt: The present troubles you?
Dr. Newell Paige: Yes, a little. One has ideals... Troublesome things, ideals. They get in the way of logic, fair thinking. Eternity?
[He shakes his head]
Dr. Newell Paige: After all, the patient feels just as much pain today even though tomorrow he thinks he may be sitting on the edge of a cloud, strumming a harp.
Dean Harcourt: And you're concerned with curing today's pain so the patient won't... uh... join the Heavenly Host.
Dr. Newell Paige: Right.
Dean Harcourt: Narurally as a physician you believe that...
Dr. Newell Paige: [Interrupting] How did you know I'm a physician?
Dean Harcourt: You just told me.
Dr. Newell Paige: [laughs to himself] Right.
Dean Harcourt: Tou know, you and I are in the same sort of business. If I concern myself more with eternity, it's because my job is with the soul, rather than with the body.
Dr. Newell Paige: Preacher?
Dean Harcourt: I much prefer to be known as a teacher.
Dr. Newell Paige:
What would religion be without music?
Mrs. Dexter: There was religion long before there was music.
Mrs. Dexter: There was religion long before there was music.
Sheriff:
[to Paige] The people ain't mean, Doc; they're scared.
Pat Arlen:
[to Phyllis] Someone said dates are only steps in the long parade of time.
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When Phyllis is in Dean Harcourt's office, she refers to his receptionist and the greeting she received in his waiting room. Phyllis' reaction to learning that the woman was a counselee of the dean, not a receptionist, should carry some dramatic impact, but the scene is not in the print, a casualty of the cutting room floor.
"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie onJanuary 31, 1938 with Errol Flynn reprising his film role.
After his first two starring films, "Captain Blood" and "The Charge of the Light Brigade," Errol Flynn asked Warners to find him a non-swashbuckling role. "Green Light" was the result. However, he was back with sword in hand for his next, "The Prince and the Pauper."