This Is the Life

This Is the Life

1944
1h 27m
5.0

5.0/10

2 votes • View on IMDb

"YEAH! That "Top Man" threesome is glee-some again! in Leap Year's leapin'est love meet"

Overview

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.

Status: Released

Language: EN

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Production Information

Production Companies
Universal Pictures
Production Countries
United States of America
Spoken Languages
English

Quick Facts

Release Date June 1, 1944
Status Released
Language EN
IMDb ID tt0037368

Cast

Donald O'Connor
Donald O'Connor

Jimmy Plum

Susanna Foster
Susanna Foster

Angela Rutherford

Peggy Ryan
Peggy Ryan

Sally McGuire

Louise Allbritton
Louise Allbritton

Harriet West Jarrett

Patric Knowles
Patric Knowles

Maj. Hilary Jarret

Dorothy Peterson
Dorothy Peterson

Aunt Betsy

Jonathan Hale
Jonathan Hale

Dr. Plum

Eddie Quillan
Eddie Quillan

Gus

Frank Jenks
Frank Jenks

Eddie

Frank Puglia
Frank Puglia

Music Teacher

Maurice Marsac
Maurice Marsac

Leon

Virginia Brissac
Virginia Brissac

Mrs. Tiggett

Key Crew

Felix E. Feist
Director
Wanda Tuchock
Screenplay