- Living in a Big Way
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name = Living in a Big Way
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director =Gregory La Cava
producer =Pandro S. Berman
writer = Gregory La Cava (story and screenplay)Irving Ravetch
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starring =Gene Kelly Marie McDonald Charles Winninger Phyllis Thaxter Spring Byington
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distributor =Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
released =10 June 1947
runtime = 104 minutes
country = USA
language = English
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imdb_id = 0039574"Living in a Big Way" (1947) is an American musical
comedy film starringGene Kelly andMarie McDonald as a couple who marry duringWorld War II after only knowing each other a short time.Synopsis
Leo Gogarty (Kelly) marries Margaud Morgan (McDonald) after a whirlwind romance just before shipping out to war. When he returns, he is surprised to discover not only that his bride is not what she led him to believe, but also that she expects a quick divorce. Both Mr. and Mrs. Gogarty must find their place with or without each other in a society still adjusting to peace.
Among the many Gene Kelly dance segments are 'Fido and Me', where Mr. Kelly dances with a dog and a statue, and a sequence on a construction site with a number of children.
Cast
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Gene Kelly as Leo Gogarty
*Marie McDonald as Margaud Morgan
*Charles Winninger as D. Rutherford Morgan
*Phyllis Thaxter as Peggy Randall
*Spring Byington as Mrs. Minerva Alsop Morgan
*Jean Adair as Abigail Morgan
* Clinton Sundberg as Everett Hanover Smythe
* John Warburton as 'Skippy' Stuart Simms
* William Phillips as Schultz
* Bernadene Hayes as Dolly
* John Alexander as Attorney Ambridge
* Phyllis Kennedy as Annie Pearlources
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