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Living in a Big Way (1947)

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Release Date: Jun 10, 1947 Wide

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Despite MGM's insistence that star Gene Kelly, just returning from military service in 1947, appear exclusively in big-budget Technicolor musicals, maverick director Gregory La Cava showcased Kelly in the modest black and white tunefest Living in a Big Way. Kelly is cast as an ex-GI who discovers that his wealthy war bride (Marie McDonald) is an insufferable snob. Flying in the face of his in-laws, Kelly insists upon using his wife's money to open a charity home for the families of those

Unrated, 1 hr. 43 min.

Romance, Musical & Performing Arts, Comedy

Directed By: Gregory La Cava

In Theaters: Jun 10, 1947 Wide

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Gene Kelly
Leo Gogarty
Marie McDonald
Margaud Morgan
Charles Winninger
D. Rutherford Morgan
Phyllis Thaxter
Peggy Randall
Spring Byington
Mrs. Morgan
Jean Adair
Abigail Morgan
Clinton Sundberg
Everett Hanover Smythe
John Warburton
Stuart
John Alexander
Attorney Ambridge
Bernadene Hayes
Dolly
Phyllis Kennedy
Annie Pearl
William 'Bill' Phillips
Schultz
Shelley Winters
Bit Part

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A flop in its day and still a flop.

December 27, 2007 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews

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NOT AT ALL A SUCCESS WHEN RELEASED, ALTHOUGH ITS NOT GREAT, IT'S HARDLY THAT BAD. IT'S AN UNEASY MIX OF COMEDY, DRAMA, SOCIAL COMMENTARY AND MUSICAL NUMBERS, OBVIOUSLY TRYING TO TACKLE TOO MUCH AT ONCE. SOME GOOD PERFORMANCES, ESPECILLAY BY BYINGTON

March 10, 2005

James Higgins

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