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.

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

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