The Impatient Maiden Explained

The Impatient Maiden
Director:	James Whale
Producer:	Carl Laemmle Jr. E.M. Asher (associate producer) (uncredited)
Starring:	Lew Ayres Mae Clarke
Cinematography:	Arthur Edeson
Editing:	Clarence Kolster
Distributor:	Universal Pictures
Runtime:	72 minutes
Country:	United States
Language:	English

The Impatient Maiden is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film directed by James Whale, starring Lew Ayres and Mae Clarke, and released by Universal Pictures. The screenplay was written by Richard Schayer and Winifred Dunn, based on the novel The Impatient Virgin, by Donald Henderson Clarke.

Cast

• Lew Ayres as Dr. Myron Brown
• Mae Clarke as Ruth Robbins
• Una Merkel as Betty Merrick
• Andy Devine as Clarence Howe
• John Halliday as Albert Hartman
• Oscar Apfel as Dr. Wilcox
• Ethel Griffies as Nurse Lovett
• Helen Jerome Eddy as Mrs. Gilman
• Bert Roach as Mr. Gilman
• Cecil Cunningham as Mrs. Rosy
• Lorin Raker as Mr. Rosy
• Blanche Payson as Mrs. Thomas
• Arthur Hoyt as Mr. Thomas
• Monte Montague as ambulance driver

Critical Response

International photographer was reserved in its praise: "Universal seems to have overestimated the possibilities of the novel by Donald Henderson Clarke from which the adaptation was made" but singled Whale for his "capable direction" and Divine for his "very amusing characterization."^[1]

Notes and References

1. Sawdon, Clara M. "When Seen Through Feminine Eyes." The International Photographer Vol. 3 No. 12 p34-35. February, 1932. Accessed 7 May 2023.