''I Live My Life'' is a 1935 American

comedy-drama film Comedy drama, also known by the portmanteau ''dramedy'', is a genre of dramatic works that combines elements of comedy and drama. The modern, scripted-television examples tend to have more humorous bits than simple comic relief seen in a typical ...

starring

Joan Crawford Joan Crawford (born Lucille Fay LeSueur; March 23, ncertain year from 1904 to 1908was an American actress. She started her career as a dancer in traveling theatrical companies before debuting on Broadway. Crawford was signed to a motion pict ...

Brian Aherne William Brian de Lacy Aherne (2 May 190210 February 1986) was an English actor of stage, screen, radio and television, who enjoyed a long and varied career in Britain and the United States. His first Broadway appearance in '' The Barretts of ...

, and Frank Morgan, and is based on the story "Claustrophobia" by A. Carter Goodloe.

Plot summary

Kay Bentley (Joan Crawford), a bored

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seeks a more fulfilling life, and goes on a Greek holiday. While on vacation, Kay falls for Terry O'Neill (

), an

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who challenges Kay's beliefs, yet, also falls for her enough to follow her home. He feels awkward in Kay's flighty, social circles; yet, they become engaged to marry. Kay and Terry continue to quarrel over their differing lifestyles. But eventually, they reach a compromise and do marry in the end.

Cast

as Kay Bentley *

as Terence "Terry" O'Neill * Frank Morgan as G. P. Bentley *

Aline MacMahon Aline Laveen MacMahon (May 3, 1899 – October 12, 1991) was an American actress. Her Broadway stage career began under producer Edgar Selwyn in ''The Mirage'' during 1920. She made her screen debut in 1931 and worked extensively in film, thea ...

as Betty Collins *

Eric Blore Eric Blore Sr. (23 December 1887 – 2 March 1959) was an English actor and writer. His early stage career, mostly in the West End of London, centred on revue and musical comedy, but also included straight plays. He wrote sketches for and appe ...

as Grove, Bentley's Butler * Fred Keating as Gene Piper * Jessie Ralph as Kay's Grandmother *

Arthur Treacher Arthur Veary Treacher (, 23 July 1894 – 14 December 1975) was an English film and stage actor active from the 1920s to the 1960s, and known for playing English types, especially butler and manservant roles, such as the P.G. Wodehouse valet c ...

as Gallup, Mrs. Gage's Butler * Frank Conroy as Doctor *

Etienne Girardot Etienne Girardot (22 February 1856 – 10 November 1939) was a diminutive stage and film actor of Anglo-French parentage born in London, England. Biography The son of French painter Ernest Gustave Girardot, he studied at an art school, but le ...

as Professor *

Esther Dale Esther Dale (November 10, 1885 – July 23, 1961) was an American actress of the stage and screen. Early years Dale was born in Beaufort, South Carolina. She attended Leland and Gray Seminary in Townshend, Vermont. In Berlin, Germany, she stu ...

as Brumbaugh, Mrs. Gage's Housekeeper *

Hale Hamilton Hale Rice Hamilton (February 28, 1880 – May 19, 1942) was an American actor, writer and producer. Biography Hamilton was born in Topeka, Kansas in 1880. (His birth year is sometimes listed as either 1879 or 1883.) Hamilton's Broadway debut w ...

as Uncle Carl * Hilda Vaughn as Miss Ann Morrison * Frank Shields as Outer Office Secretary *

Sterling Holloway Sterling Price Holloway Jr. (January 4, 1905 – November 22, 1992) was an American actor and voice actor who appeared in over 100 films and 40 television shows. He did voice acting for The Walt Disney Company, playing Mr. Stork in '' Dumbo'', A ...

as Max

Box office

According to MGM records, the film earned $921,000 in the US and Canada, and $557,000 elsewhere, resulting in a profit of $384,000.

References

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* * * * 1935 films 1935 comedy-drama films American comedy-drama films American black-and-white films Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films Films scored by Dimitri Tiomkin Films directed by W. S. Van Dyke Films with screenplays by Joseph L. Mankiewicz 1930s English-language films 1930s American films {{1930s-comedy-drama-film-stub