Episode 247 - Sister Kenny (with Frank Calvillo)

About this episode

The episode discusses Rosalind Russell's portrayal of a bush nurse in the film SISTER KENNY and her battle against the medical establishment regarding polio treatment.

This week, we talked about Rosalind Russell's performance asan Australian bush nurse who fought back against a largely dismissive medical field with her attempts to treat polio in Dudley Nichols's SISTER KENNY!

People in this episode

Host: Gordon McNulty

Guest: Frank Calvillo

Topics covered

• performance
• medical history
• polio
• film review
• Australian history

Keywords

• Rosalind Russell
• SISTER KENNY
• polio
• bush nurse
• medical field
• Dudley Nichols

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: SISTER KENNY

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