This Is the Life
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.
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Release
1944-06-01
Cast
Donald O'Connor
Jimmy
Susanna Foster
Angela
Peggy Ryan
Sally McGuire
Louise Allbritton
Harriet
Patric Knowles
Hilary Jarret
Dorothy Peterson
Aunt Betsy
Jonathan Hale
Dr. Plum
Eddie Quillan
Gus
Frank Jenks
Eddie
Frank Puglia
Music Teacher
Maurice Marsac
Leon
Virginia Brissac
Mrs. Tiggett
Ray Eberle
Orchestra Leader
Bobby Brooks
Bobby Brooks Quartette Member
Jack Thompson
Bobby Brooks Quartette Member
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