Movie Drama
Her heart was too big for one man to possess! One world was too small to share all her love!
In mid-nineteenth century England the medical establishment does not recognize the value of skilled nurses, cleanliness, nutrition and kindness. Florence Nightingale's heroic measures slowly changes all of this.
Kay Francis Ian Hunter Donald Woods Nigel Bruce Donald Crisp Henry O'Neill Billy Mauch Charles Croker-King Phoebe Foster George Curzon Georgia Caine Ara Gerald Halliwell Hobbes Eily Malyon Montagu Love Ferdinand Munier Lillian Kemble-Cooper Egon Brecher Tempe Pigott Barbara Leonard Frank Conroy Lowden Adams Harry Allen Dorothy Arville Jimmy Aubrey Frank Baker May Beatty Daisy Belmore Lionel Belmore Wilson Benge Robert Bolder George Broughton George Bunny Rita Carlyle David Cavendish Fay Chaldecott E. E. Clive Charles Coleman Clyde Cook Harry Cording Bob Corey Thomas A. Curran J. Gunnis Davis W.H. Davis Elspeth Dudgeon Frank Elliott Edith Ellison Helena Phillips Evans Herbert Evans E.L. Fisher-Smith Neil Fitzgerald Mary Forbes Art Foster Hugh Gee Mary Gordon Helena Grant Lawrence Grant Billy Griffith Robert Hale Alec Harford Gordon Hart Holmes Herbert Fay Holden Harold Howard Rose Hughes Olaf Hytten Boyd Irwin Charles Irwin Gardner James Tiny Jones Crauford Kent Louis King Edith Kingdon George Kirby Jerry Larkin Raymond Lawrence Alma Lloyd Wilfred Lucas Dan Maxwell James May Leo McCabe John C. McCallum Nelson McDowell Edmund Mortimer Henry Mowbray Doreen Munroe Mrs. Wilfrid North Vesey O'Davoren Milton Owen Paul Panzer Lionel Pape Lon Poff John Power Harrington Reynolds John J. Richardson Gerald Rogers John Rogers Hugh Saxon Ann Shaw C. Montague Shaw Maud Shearer Reginald Sheffield Yorke Sherwood Edwin Stanley Robert R. Stephenson Houseley Stevenson Harry Stubbs Cyril Thornton Zeffie Tilbury Kit Townsend Joseph R. Tozer Silvia Vaughan Fred Walton Kathrin Clare Ward Elizabeth Weiner Emmy Weinniemach Cecil Weston Tom Wilson Eric Wilton Ian Wolfe Lillian Worth Douglas Gordon
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