Apartment for Peggy (1948)

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Jason (William Holden) is a World War II veteran going to college on the GI Bill in the hope of bettering himself. He has recently married his sweetheart, Peggy (Jeanne Crain), who has learned that they're having a baby. However, money is tight for the young couple, and inexpensive housing is at a… More Jason (William Holden) is a World War II veteran going to college on the GI Bill in the hope of bettering himself. He has recently married his sweetheart, Peggy (Jeanne Crain), who has learned that they're having a baby. However, money is tight for the young couple, and inexpensive housing is at a premium in the post-war boom times. Peggy meets Professor Henry Barnes (Edmund Gwenn), an instructor at the college who lives alone in a huge house. Barnes is convinced that the best years of his life are over, that he has no purpose in life, and that our culture has sacrificed its highest ideals. But Peggy convinces Prof. Barnes to let her and Jason stay in his attic. As the newlyweds try to turn the cobwebbed space into a home, the professor gets to know his tenants better, and their enthusiastic optimism rubs off on him, giving him a sense that there are things left to be accomplished and reasons to go on. Apartment for Peggy reunited director George Seaton with actor Edmund Gwenn, who had clicked the previous year in the classic Miracle on 34th Street. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

Rating, Runtime: Unrated, 1 hr. 36 min.
Directed By: George Seaton
Genres: Drama, Musical & Performing Arts, Classics, Comedy

In Theaters: Oct 1, 1948 Wide
On DVD: Mar 15, 2005
Studio: 20th Century Fox

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jay n

sweet charming and old fashioned

Cast

            Edmund Gwenn as Professor Henry Barnes

            Jeanne Crain as Peggy Taylor

            William Holden as Jason Taylor

            Gene Lockhart as Professor Edward Bell

            Griff Barnett as Dr. Conway

            Randy Stuart as Dorothy

            Marion Marshall as Ruth

            Pati Behrs as Jeanne

            Henri Letondal as Professor Roland Pavin

            Houseley Stevenson Sr. as Professor T.J. Beck

            Helen Ford as Delia

            Almira Sessions as Mrs. Landon

            Charles Lane as Prof. Collins

            Betty Lynn as Wife

            Ann Staunton as Nurse

            Hal K. Dawson as Salesman

            Frank J. Scannell as Salesman

            Robert B. Williams as Salesman

            Therese Lyon as Nurse

            Mae Marsh as Woman

            Robert Patten
            
            Billy Sheehan
            
            Charles Tannen
            
            Gene Nelson as Jerry

            Geraldine Jordan
            
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