IT'S A GREAT LIFE (1929) Vivian Duncan, Rosetta Duncan & Lawrence Gray | Musical | B&W|Old Hollywood

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It's a Great Life is a 1929 American comedy film directed by Sam Wood and written by Al Boasberg and Willard Mack. The film stars Rosetta Duncan, Vivian Duncan, Lawrence Gray, Jed Prouty and Benny Rubin. The film was released on December 6, 1929, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. During production, it was provisionally known as "Cotton and Silk".

Synopsis

Babe (Vivian Duncan) and Casey (Rosetta Duncan) Hogan are sisters and work in the department store Mandelbaum & Weill in the music sheet department. Once a year there is a big department store show, in which employees act. Babe Hogan in love with the piano player of the music sheet department James Dean (Lawrence Gray) is the younger sister and her older sister Casey is looking very much after her. When the act of Jimmy and Babe doesn't seem to work out she improvises on the stage rescuing the situation, but also starting a new career for the three of them, as a producer was in the audience and liked them. Unfortunately Casey and Jimmy are antagonists in the trio, so one day they split, when Babe and Jimmy tell Casey they would get married. While Casey tries to get along as a Single Act in small Vaudeville stages, Babe and Jimmy do not have a bit of success as the duo Dean and Hogan. Moreover Babe gets a bad cold ending in delirium, so Jimmy finally puts away his pride and goes and sees Casey. Meanwhile old colleague David Parker (Jed Prouty) has come to ask Casey to marry him and go with him to Paris that night, as he is appointed Manager of the Paris branch of the store. Casey can't believe that somebody loves her and accepts, but Jimmy convinces her, that Babe is going to die if she doesn't see her sister. The marriage with Parker is off, and the three are reunited dreaming of having a big successful show.

Cast & Crew

Rosetta Duncan as Casey Hogan
Vivian Duncan as Babe Hogan
Lawrence Gray as Jimmy Dean
Jed Prouty as Mr. David Parker
Benny Rubin as Benny Friedman
Clarence Burton as Policeman
George Davis as Store show stage hand
Oscar Apfel as Mr. Mandelbaum
George Periolat as Mr. Weill
Rolfe Sedan as Vaudeville violinist
Ann Dvorak as Dancer in "Hoosier Hop" number

Directed by: Sam Wood
Screenplay by: Al Boasberg, Willard Mack
Story by: Alfred Block, Byron Morgan, Leonard Praskins
Cinematography: J. Peverell Marley
Edited by: Frank Sullivan
Music by: William Axt
Production Company: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Distributed by: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release Date: December 6, 1929
Running Time: 93 minutes
Country: United States
Language: English