Living in a Big Way (1947)Leo Gogarty marries Margaud Morgan 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 ... See full summary » Director:Gregory La Cava |
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Leo Gogarty
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Marie McDonald | ... |
Margo Morgan
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Charles Winninger | ... |
D. Rutherford Morgan
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Peggy Randall
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Mrs. Minerva Alsop Morgan
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Jean Adair | ... |
Abigail Morgan
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Clinton Sundberg | ... |
Everett Hanover Smythe
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John Warburton | ... |
'Skippy' Stuart Simms
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William 'Bill' Phillips | ... |
Schultz
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Dolly
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Attorney Ambridge
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Elsie, the Maid
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Leo Gogarty marries Margaud Morgan 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. & Mrs Gogarty must find their place with or without each other in a society still adjusting to peace. Written by Anonymous
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When a gal who's got curves... meets a guy who's got angles... it's loving... laughing... living in a big way! See more »Certificate:
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EnglishRelease Date:
1 November 1948 (Sweden) See more »Also Known As:
Kärlekskarusellen See more »Filming Locations:
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USACompany Credits
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Mono (Western Electric Sound System)Color:
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1.37 : 1
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Leo Gogarty: Where would you have me go?
'Skippy' Stuart Simms: I wish you'd ask me that question.
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Sung and Danced by Gene Kelly and children
Traditional Children's Song Medley
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This box-office failure was the last directorial credit (he did some uncredited work on One Touch of Venus) for director, screenwriter and occasional producer Gregory La Cava, who had begun working in the film industry as an animator in 1916. See more »Quotes
Margaud Morgan: Why don't you try to act like a gentleman and go away?Leo Gogarty: Where would you have me go?
'Skippy' Stuart Simms: I wish you'd ask me that question.
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"Go in and Out the Window"Sung and Danced by Gene Kelly and children
Traditional Children's Song Medley
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Watchable but pretty terrible. How shocking that this was the great Gregory La Cava's last directing credit! Even in his better known roles, I don't care for Gene Kelly. He seems to me to be smug, hostile, and self-involved. Here, paired with a minor actress like Marie Wilson, he seems to show those characteristics in spades.
Marie Wilson, playing an heiress who falls for a military man, is exceptionally hard and unsympathetic. The actors seem to be working hard to get past the hard, disagreeable core of the picture and they do OK.
The know-it-all butler is apparently meant to be funny but he seems like an extended riff on the prissy bits for which Franklin Pangborn was famous (and in which, despite their stereotyping, he was generally funny -- unlike this guy.) Phyllis Thaxter is as always very appealing in a rather underdeveloped secondary plot.