This Is the Life (1944)
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.
Director:
Felix E. Feist
Writer:
Wanda Tuchock
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Donald O'Connor as Jimmy Plum |
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Susanna Foster as Angela Rutherford |
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Peggy Ryan as Sally McGuire |
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Louise Allbritton as Harriet West Jarrett |
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Patric Knowles as Maj. Hilary Jarret |
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Dorothy Peterson as Aunt Betsy |
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Jonathan Hale as Dr. Plum |
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Eddie Quillan as Gus |
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Frank Jenks as Eddie |
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Frank Puglia as Music Teacher |
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Maurice Marsac as Leon |
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Virginia Brissac as Mrs. Tiggett |
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Ray Eberle as Orchestra Leader |
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Bobby Brooks as Bobby Brooks |
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Ben Carter as Ben Carter |
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Libby Taylor as Cook (uncredited) |
| Directing | Felix E. Feist | Director |
| Writing | Fay Wray | Theatre Play |
| Writing | Wanda Tuchock | Screenplay |
| Writing | Sinclair Lewis | Theatre Play |
