In order to appear in Apartment For Peggy William Holden had to get release from both his studio contract masters Columbia and Paramount to appear in this 20th Century Fox film. Being that he was not in either of his home studios Holden took second billing to Jeanne Crain who was at the height of her career as Fox's girl next door. And her part is in fact the title role.
Holden and Crain are a pair of newlyweds, he an ex-GI going to school on the GI bill and looking for a decent place to live as millions of others were in those post war years. A chance encounter with philosophy professor Edmund Gwenn who is contemplating suicide by Crain nets them living space and a good deal more than that.
Gwenn was also good box office at the time being fresh off his Oscar win for Miracle On 34th Street. He's lost both his wife and son and sees little point in living. In his philosophical rational way Gwenn figures he hasn't much to contribute, but Crain shows him that there's a lot he can give.
Holden has one interesting scene that resonated with me telling Gwenn how when he was clinging to a raft in the Pacific and wondering what were the underlying reasons he was there and thereupon decided to learn and become a teacher. That exact thing happened to my professor of Far Eastern history who said that he resolved to learn all he could about the people shooting at him during World War II. I daresay it was an experience shared by many.
Crain's good cheer and peppiness never become maudlin and Apartment For Peggy holds up well for today's audience.
Holden and Crain are a pair of newlyweds, he an ex-GI going to school on the GI bill and looking for a decent place to live as millions of others were in those post war years. A chance encounter with philosophy professor Edmund Gwenn who is contemplating suicide by Crain nets them living space and a good deal more than that.
Gwenn was also good box office at the time being fresh off his Oscar win for Miracle On 34th Street. He's lost both his wife and son and sees little point in living. In his philosophical rational way Gwenn figures he hasn't much to contribute, but Crain shows him that there's a lot he can give.
Holden has one interesting scene that resonated with me telling Gwenn how when he was clinging to a raft in the Pacific and wondering what were the underlying reasons he was there and thereupon decided to learn and become a teacher. That exact thing happened to my professor of Far Eastern history who said that he resolved to learn all he could about the people shooting at him during World War II. I daresay it was an experience shared by many.
Crain's good cheer and peppiness never become maudlin and Apartment For Peggy holds up well for today's audience.