This Is the Life
1944 · Movie · 87 min. · United States
18-year-old Angela, reared in a New England town by her Aunt Betsy, receives an inheritance which she uses to go to New York, ostensibly for voice training, but she is pursuing Major Hilary Jarret, an Army surgeon with whom she has become infatuated. Her departure depresses her childhood friend Jimmy Plum. Dr. Plum devises an errand on which to send his love-sick son to New York, where Jimmy discovers Angela thinks she is Jarret's fiancée. Jimmy also renews acquaintances with a group of show people, including Sally McGuire, who attempts to console him. Jimmy meets Jarret's divorced wife, Harriet, famed photographer. Jimmy engineers a meeting of Jarret and Harriet with Angela present, which forms the beginning of an understanding that Jarret is not for her. Jimmy is inducted into the Army.
Direction Felix E. Feist
Cast Donald O´Connor · Susanna Foster · Peggy Ryan · Louise Allbritton · Patric Knowles · Dorothy Peterson · Jonathan Hale · Eddie Quillan · Frank Jenks · Frank Puglia · Maurice Marsac · Virginia Brissac · Mantan Moreland · Martha Vickers
Soundtrack Frank Skinner
Screenplay Wanda Tuchock · Sinclair Lewis · Fay Wray
Cinematography Hal Mohr
Original title This Is the Life
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Not rated (FilmAffinity)
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