Apartment For Peggy.
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✎ Suggest a correctionA comedy in which a young G. I. couple, approaching parenthood in the midst of the housing shortage, make their home in the attic.
Retired philosophy professor Henry Barnes (Gwenn) plans to commit suicide after World War II. Jason Taylor (Holden) is a Navy veteran who survived the sinking of the USS Vincennes and is now attending college on the G.I. Bill. Jason and his young, pregnant wife Peggy (Crain) live in a cramped camper while she seeks a better apartment for them, where Jason can concentrate on his studies without anxiety. Jason quits school and moves to Chicago to sell cars, leaving a depressed Peggy behind.
Retired philosophy professor Henry Barnes (Gwenn) plans to commit suicide after World War II. Jason Taylor (Holden) is a Navy veteran who survived the sinking of the USS Vincennes and is now attending college on the G.I. Bill. Jason and his young, pregnant wife Peggy (Crain) live in a cramped camper while she seeks a better apartment for them, where Jason can concentrate on his studies without anxiety. Jason quits school and moves to Chicago to sell cars, leaving a depressed Peggy behind.
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© Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp.; 30Sep48; LP2082.
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APARTMENT FOR PEGGY. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp., c1948. 98 min., sd., color, 35mm. Based on a story by Faith Baldwin. Summary: A comedy in which a young G. I. couple, approaching parenthood in the midst of the housing shortage, make their home in the attic. Credits: Producer, William Perlberg; direction and screenplay, George Seaton; music, David Raksin; music director, Lionel Newman; film editor, Robert Simpson. Cast: Jeanne Craine, William Holden, Edmund Gwenn, Gene Lockhart, Griff Barnett. © Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp.; 30Sep48; LP2082.
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