Living in a Big Way

Living in a Big Way
Directed by	Gregory La Cava
Produced by	Pandro S. Berman
Written by	Gregory La Cava Irving Ravetch
Starring	Gene Kelly Marie McDonald Charles Winninger Phyllis Thaxter Spring Byington
Music by	Lennie Hayton
Cinematography	Harold Rosson
Edited by	Ferris Webster
Distributed by	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release dates	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 (1947) is an American musical comedy film starring Gene Kelly and Marie McDonald as a couple who marry during World 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

• 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
• Clint 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.

External links

• Living in a Big Way at IMDb
• Living in a Big Way at AllMovie
• Living in a Big Way at the TCM Movie Database