Talk:Navy Wife (1935 film)

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Did you know... that the 1935 film Navy Wife, starring Claire Trevor (pictured), was the first film that deals with life as part of the Navy Nurse Corps and Medical Corps of the United States Navy?

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The result was: promoted by Theleekycauldron (talk) 03:08, 14 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Claire Trevor

... that the 1935 film Navy's Wife was the first film that deals with life as part of the Navy Nurse Corps and Medical Corps of the United States Navy? Source: "It is the first motion picture to deal with life in the medical and nursing corps of the U. S. Navy. - The Orlando Sentinel
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Eeva Leinonen

5x expanded by SL93 (talk). Self-nominated at 03:22, 22 February 2022 (UTC).[reply]

Solid article about an early film, fine expansion on good sources, no copyvio obvious. The hook is fine, but I think it would be just as good if we mentioned only one of the two Corps. Or is it the togetherness that is the "first"? Then please word that. - In the article, I suggest to restrict the "stars" in the lead to 2 or 3. To me, they were all unknown, and they are repeated in the infobox, A long list of blue when you want to know about what happens in the film. Is perhaps one of them a real star whose pic we could use, a woman preferred? The pic would also have to go to the article. I'm sorry not to get the meaning of "Alan Dwan said that the film had nothing from the novel, but that it was advertised otherwise for "dignity"." And this is the firstsentence, not who decided when to produce that film on that book. As the novel on which it is based has no article, I'd like a bit more plot. This isn't Carmen based on a famous novella with an article where the plot could be derived from the novella. I believe the sentence about what newspapers said (ending on "unusual") should rather go to reception. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:39, 23 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Gerda Arendt I changed the "dignity" sentence to "Alan Dwan said that the film had nothing from the novel." I also expanded the plot, added an image, and moved the sentence to Reception. However, I kept the cast the same in the lead and removed the cast list section as a compromise. As for the hook, it's the first for both of them, but I disagree on changing the hook because I think that having both Corps makes it more interesting. SL93 (talk) 23:55, 23 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Here is ALT1 with the image. ... that the 1935 film Navy's Wife, starring Claire Trevor (pictured), was the first film that deals with life as part of the Navy Nurse Corps and Medical Corps of the United States Navy? SL93 (talk) 23:55, 23 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

thank you, and it's your call. From my point of view, I'd just look at the image and be attracted, no matter how many navy relations ;) - I hope the image will be taken in women's month, but for the undesired case that not, the original would be better. - If this was "my" article, I'd drop the names from the lead - except perhaps the nurse and the doctor - as duplicate to the ibox, and have the cast list with the role names, but back to the beginning. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:39, 24 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

ALT1 to T:DYK/P6