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 |
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Susanna Foster as Angela |
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Peggy Ryan as Sally McGuire |
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Louise Allbritton as Harriet |
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Patric Knowles as 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 Quartette Member |
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Jack Thompson as Bobby Brooks Quartette Member |
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Walter Smith as Bobby Brooks Quartette Member |
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Sherrill Luke as Bobby Brooks Quartette Member |
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Ben Carter as Ben Carter (uncredited) |
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Libby Taylor as Cook (uncredited) |
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Joel Allen as Army Sergeant (uncredited) |
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Joyce Arleen as Bunny (uncredited) |
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Johnny Arthur as Mr. Ferguson (uncredited) |
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Brooks Benedict as Headwaiter (uncredited) |
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Jack Chefe as Waiter (uncredited) |
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Judy Clark as Dancer (uncredited) |
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Jean Davis as Girl (uncredited) |
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Earle S. Dewey as Conductor (uncredited) |
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Pat Dillon as Fat Boy (uncredited) |
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Ralph Dunn as Cop (uncredited) |
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Otto Hoffman as Oscar (uncredited) |
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Mantan Moreland as Porter (uncredited) |
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Richard Nichols as Tommy Tiggett (uncredited) |
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Sarah Padden as Sarah (uncredited) |
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Sally Payne as Dolly (uncredited) |
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Constance Purdy as Mrs. Ferguson (uncredited) |
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Linda Reed as Madge (uncredited) |
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Anne Rooney as Girl (uncredited) |
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Walter Sande as Joe (uncredited) |
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Robert Scheerer as Party Guest (uncredited) |
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Martha Vickers as Girl (uncredited) |
| Directing | Felix E. Feist | Director |
| Writing | Fay Wray | Theatre Play |
| Writing | Wanda Tuchock | Screenplay |
| Writing | Sinclair Lewis | Theatre Play |
| Production | Bernard W. Burton | Associate Producer |
| Camera | Hal Mohr | Director of Photography |
| Art | John B. Goodman | Art Direction |
| Art | Harold H. MacArthur | Art Direction |
| Art | Russell A. Gausman | Set Decoration |
| Art | Edward R. Robinson | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Vera West | Costume Designer |
| Directing | Charles S. Gould | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Bernard B. Brown | Sound |
| Sound | Charles Previn | Music Director |
| Sound | Larry Russell | Orchestrator |
| Sound | Frank Skinner | Orchestrator |
| Crew | Louis Da Pron | Choreographer |
