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1947 film by Gregory La Cava

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Living in a Big Way

Directed by	Gregory La Cava
Screenplay by	Gregory La Cava Irving Ravetch
Story by	Gregory La Cava
Produced by	Pandro S. Berman
Starring	Gene Kelly Marie McDonald Charles Winninger Phyllis Thaxter Spring Byington
Cinematography	Harold Rosson
Edited by	Ferris Webster
Music by	Lennie Hayton
Production company	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Distributed by	Loew's Inc.
Release date	June 10, 1947 (1947-06-10)
Running time	104 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$2,839,000
Box office	$1,513,000

Living in a Big Way is a 1947 American musical comedy film starring Gene Kelly, Marie McDonald as a couple who marry during World War II after only knowing each other a short time. This was director Gregory La Cava's final film.

Plot

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. 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 Kelly dances with a dog and a statue, and a sequence on a construction site with a number of children.

Cast

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 Pearl

Reception

The film earned $1,137,000 in the US and Canada and $376,000 elsewhere, resulting in a loss of $1,939,000 - one of MGM's biggest disasters of 1947.

References

^ The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.

External links

Living in a Big Way at IMDb
Living in a Big Way at the TCM Movie Database
Living in a Big Way at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films

v t e Films directed by Gregory La Cava
Silent	His Nibs (1921) The New School Teacher (1924) Restless Wives (1924) Womanhandled (1925) Let's Get Married (1926) Say It Again (1926) So's Your Old Man (1926) Paradise for Two (1927) Running Wild (1927) Tell It to Sweeney (1927) The Gay Defender (1927) Feel My Pulse (1928) Half a Bride (1928)
Sound	Big News (1929) Saturday's Children (1929) His First Command (1929) Laugh and Get Rich (1931) Smart Woman (1931) Symphony of Six Million (1932) The Age of Consent (1932) The Half Naked Truth (1932) Gabriel Over the White House (1933) Bed of Roses (1933) Gallant Lady (1934) What Every Woman Knows (1934) The Affairs of Cellini (1934) Private Worlds (1935) She Married Her Boss (1935) My Man Godfrey (1936) Stage Door (1937) Fifth Avenue Girl (1939) Primrose Path (1940) Unfinished Business (1941) Lady in a Jam (1942) Living in a Big Way (1947) One Touch of Venus (1948)
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