Activities & Programs

Celluloid & Starch – Nurses in the Movies

This is the first of many movie nights that will be hosted at the Museum of Health Care.

With this event, we were interested in how the “Nurse” has been portrayed in movies.  Join us by watching these videos and see what we found out by viewing movies from 1931 to 2007.



Yes Nurse, No Nurse (© 2003, Bos Brothers Productions)

Night Nurse (© 1931, Warner Brothers)

One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (© 1975, United Artists)
Girl, Interrupted (© 1999, Sony Pictures Entertainment)

Passion Fish (© 1992, Miramax)
The World According to Garp (© 1982, Warner Brothers)

The English Patient (© 1996, Miramax)
Atonement (© 2007, Studio Canal/Universal Pictures)

A Farewell to Arms (© 1932, Paramount)
M*A*S*H Season 5, Episode 5 (© 1967/77 - 20th Century Fox TV)

Nurse Betty (© 2000, USA Films)
Kill Bill, Volume 1 (© 2003, Miramax)

Misery (© 1990, Columbia Pictures)
Talk to Her (© 2002, Sony Pictures Classics)
Meet the Parents (© 2000, Dreamworks)
Carry On Nurse (© 1959, Anglo-Amalgamated Films)

This event was presented by Cameo Cinema & The Museum of Health Care on February 18, 2009

Introductions presented by:
•   Paul Robertson – Curator, Museum of Health Care
•   Wendy Huot – Co-ordinator, Cameo Cinema
•   Bettyann Elliott, R.N. – Alumnae, KGH Nurses’ Alumnae
•   Clare Rayner, R.N. – Nursing Instructor & Alumna, KGH Nurses’ Alumnae