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This Is the Life

6.019441h 27mMovieComedyDrama

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…

DirectorFelix E. Feist
WriterWanda Tuchock

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Cast · Directed by Felix E. Feist

DODonald O'Connor
Donald O'Connor
Jimmy
SFSusanna Foster
Susanna Foster
Angela
PRPeggy Ryan
Peggy Ryan
Sally McGuire
LALouise Allbritton
Louise Allbritton
Harriet
PKPatric Knowles
Patric Knowles
Hilary Jarret
DPDorothy Peterson
Dorothy Peterson
Aunt Betsy
JHJonathan Hale
Jonathan Hale
Dr. Plum
EQEddie Quillan
Eddie Quillan
Gus
FJFrank Jenks
Frank Jenks
Eddie
FPFrank Puglia
Frank Puglia
Music Teacher
MMMaurice Marsac
Maurice Marsac
Leon
VBVirginia Brissac
Virginia Brissac
Mrs. Tiggett

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This Is the Life — streaming FAQ

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This Is the Life hasn't started streaming in Australia yet. Based on the typical 6–8 week theatrical-to-streaming window, we estimate it will arrive around July 20, 1944. This is a prediction, not a confirmed date.