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Living in a Big Way
Directed byGregory La Cava
Screenplay byGregory La Cava
Irving Ravetch
Story byGregory La Cava
Produced byPandro S. Berman
StarringGene Kelly
Marie McDonald
Charles Winninger
Phyllis Thaxter
Spring Byington
CinematographyHarold Rosson
Edited byFerris Webster
Music byLennie Hayton

Production
company

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Distributed byLoew's Inc.

Release date

  • June 10, 1947 (1947-06-10)

Running time

104 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$2,839,000[1]
Box office$1,513,000[1]

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[edit]

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[edit]

Reception[edit]

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.[1]

References[edit]

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

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