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.

Cast and Crew:

Director(s):

Felix E. Feist

Writer(s):

Sinclair Lewis and Fay Wray (play), Wanda Tuchock

Starring:

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, Ray Eberle, Ray Eberle’s Orchestra, Bobby Brooks Quartet (Sherrill Luke, Jack Thompson, Bobby Brooks, Walter Smith), Ben Carter, Joel Allen, Johnny Arthur, Brooks Benedict, Jack Chefe, Judy Clark, Jean Davis, Earle S. Dewey, Pat Dillon, Ralph Dunn, Otto Hoffman, Mantan Moreland, Richard Nichols, Sarah Padden, Sally Payne, Constance Purdy, Linda Reed, Anne Rooney, Walter Sande, Libby Taylor, Mary Thomas, Martha Vickers

Producer(s):

Bernard W. Burton

Release Info:

Release Date: June 2, 1944 (USA) | Length: 87 min | Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music | Certificate: Approved | Note(s): Only the Bobby Brooks Quartet are in this film for any length of time. Refer to "The Ben Carter Story" to identify people

Media:

View Trailer | Watch FREE

External Links

IMDB | Read Review