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Cancer Minor 
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Other Love, The (1947) |
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Karen (Stanwyck),
a famous pianist, arrives at a Swiss |
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sanitarium.
She has an examination and an x-ray. But the |
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doctor (Niven)
is reluctant to tell her how serious things are. |
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"Does she
know how ill she is? No, she doesn't" He says. |
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Karen has
some kind of chest complaint (could be cancer) |
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which might
be fatal. She smokes until the doctor takes them |
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away. But
she won't follow his orders and lives the high life |
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until she
realises how ill she is. As she says "She wants to |
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smash the
face of the clock." |
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The setting
is as far removed from most people's experience |
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as can be.
The nurse unpacks her bags and serves her |
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breakfast.
The doctor pays a night visit -- because she hears |
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She's
supposed to be ill but acts like she's on holiday. She |
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flirts with
the doctor and then with a playboy/racing driver. |
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Though she
doesn't tell him she is ill. When he does learn |
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she is ill
he says he'll take to Egypt (for the climate) but she |
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returns to
the sanitorium. The doctor of course is in love with |
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her but she
doesn't trust him to tell the truth about her |
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condition.
Sloppy and sentimental towards end but she does |
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Notes
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