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After Lew Ayres left M-G-M's "Dr. Kildare" series, Dr. Leonard Gillespie (Lionel Barrymore) welcomed a succession of new interns to Blair General for another half-dozen entries. "Calling Dr. Gillespie" (1942) finds Gillespie partnering with a Dutch psychiatrist (Philip Dorn) to handle a dangerous schizophrenic. Donna Reed co-stars. Young medicos Red Adams (Van Johnson) and Lee Wong How (Keye Luke) vie to become "Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant" (1942). Susan Peters, Richard Quine co-star. A homicidal mental patient committed on Gillespie's recommendation comes looking for payback in "Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case" (1943). Margaret O'Brien co-stars. Gillespie has to make the final call between Red and Lee in "3 Men in White" (1944). Ava Gardner co-stars. Red finds himself "Between Two Women" (1945) as he's chased by a socialite (Marilyn Maxwell) and a chanteuse (Gloria De Haven). "Dark Delusion" (1947) finds Gillespie's last protégé (James Craig) in a hopeless romance with a terminally ill woman (Lucille Bremer). 8 2/3 hrs. total on three discs. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono.