Living in a Big Way (1947) - film review

Comedy / Musical

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Living in a Big Way is an American film comedy first released in 1947, directed by Gregory La Cava. The film stars Gene Kelly, Marie McDonald, Charles Winninger, Phyllis Thaxter and Spring Byington. Our overall rating for this film is: good.

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Director: Gregory La Cava
Script: Gregory La Cava, Irving Ravetch
Photo: Harold Rosson
Cast: Gene Kelly (Leo Gogarty), Marie McDonald (Margo Morgan), Charles Winninger (D. Rutherford Morgan), Phyllis Thaxter (Peggy Randall), Spring Byington (Mrs. Minerva Alsop Morgan), Jean Adair (Abigail Morgan), Clinton Sundberg (Everett Hanover Smythe), John Warburton (’Skippy’ Stuart Simms), William ’Bill’ Phillips (Schultz), Bernadene Hayes (Dolly), John Alexander (Attorney Ambridge), Phyllis Kennedy (Elsie, the Maid), Ernie Adams (Process Server), Anne Beck (Junior League Girl), Wilson Benge (Servant), Georgie Billings (Marine), Barbara Billingsley (G.I. Bill’s Wife), Gladys Blake (Bit Role), Ruth Brady (Mary), James Burke (Murphy), Georgia Caine (Committee Woman), Maurice Cass (Tailor), Wheaton Chambers (Court Clerk), Chester Clute (Union Leader), Ellen Corby (Broken Arms’ Sailors Wife), Margia Dean (Junior League Girl), Jimmie Dodd (Sailor living at ’The Broken Arms’), Robert Dudley (Old carpenter), Eddie Fetherston (Court Photographer), Dink Freeman (Reporter), Maxine Gates (Babe, Sailor’s Wife), Jo Gilbert (Woman Reporter), Pat Gleason (News Photographer), Paul Godkin (Ballet Dancer), Gary Gray (Boy at ’Broken Arms’), Jane Green (Committee Woman), Hal Hackett (Ensign), Bert Hanlon (Proprietor of Clothing Store), Paul Harvey (Judge), Edna Holland (Committee Woman), James Horne Jr. (Second Lieutenant), Olin Howland (The Morgan Gardener), Jimmy Hunt (Michael Randall, Jr.), Michael Kirby (Army Officer), Charles Lane (Hawkins), Eddie Laughton (Reporter), Ann Lawrence (Woman Reporter), Sydney Logan (Junior League Girl), Frank Marlowe (Reporter), Sam McDaniel (Porter), Merle McHugh (Newspaper Reporter), David McKim (Veteran), Mira McKinney (Committee Woman), Bert Moorhouse (Reporter), Frances Morris (Woman Photographer), Bill Neff (G.I. Bill), Robert Emmett O’Connor (Bailiff), Franklin Parker (Reporter), Constance Purdy (Committee Woman), Jack Rice (Court Stenographer), Carl Saxe (Sea Ace Private), Bob Shelton (News Photographer), Lew Smith (Veteran), Clarence Straight (Reporter), Mary Stuart (Bit Role), Charles Sullivan (Taxi Driver), Irene Tedrow (Woman Photographer), Johnny Walsh (Little Sailor), Pierre Watkin (Hausman), Dick Wessel (Sailor in Clothing Store), Marie Windsor (Jane, Junior League Girl), Shelley Winters (Junior League Girl), Tommy Wonder (Young Draftsman)
Country: USA
Language: English
Runtime: 104 min; B&W

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