This Is the Life 1944

18-year-old Angela, reared in a New England town by her Aunt Betsy, receives an inheritance which she uses to go to New York, ostensibly for voice training, but she is pursuing Major Hilary Jarret, an Army surgeon with whom she has become infatuated. Her departure depresses her childhood friend Jimmy Plum. Dr. Plum devises an errand on which to send his love-sick son to New York, where Jimmy discovers Angela thinks she is Jarret's fiancée. Jimmy also renews acquaintances with a group of show people, including Sally McGuire, who attempts to console him. Jimmy meets Jarret's divorced wife, Harriet, famed photographer. Jimmy engineers a meeting of Jarret and Harriet with Angela present, which forms the beginning of an understanding that Jarret is not for her. Jimmy is inducted into the Army.

Cast:

Donald O'Connor
Jimmy Plum 

Susanna Foster
Angela Rutherford 

Peggy Ryan
Sally McGuire 

Louise Allbritton
Harriet West Jarrett 

Patric Knowles
Maj. Hilary Jarret 

Dorothy Peterson
Aunt Betsy