Something to Live For (1952)

March 7, 1952 (US) • Drama • 89m

Overview

Advertising executive Alan Miller, a recovered alcoholic who now does interventions on behalf of Alcoholics Anonymous, is called to help Broadway actress Jenny Carey whose developing career is threatened by an increasing dependence on alcohol. Alan's growing interest in Jenny strains his marriage to Edna, with whom he has two children.

Director

George Stevens

Writer

Dwight Taylor

Top Billed

Ray Milland

Keywords

infidelity husband wife relationship stage fright alcoholism unfaithfulness recovering alcoholic advertising agency regeneration alcoholics anonymous self destructiveness

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Ray Milland

Alan Miller

Joan Fontaine

Jenny Carey

Teresa Wright

Edna Miller

Herbert Heyes

Crawley

Douglas Dick

Baker

Richard Derr

Tony Collins

Harry Bellaver

Billy

Paul Valentine

Albert Forest

Ed Agresti

Stage Manager (uncredited)

Alex Akimoff

Waiter (uncredited)

Eric Alden

Pharaoh (uncredited)

Erville Alderson

Critic (uncredited)

Richard Barron

Headwaiter (uncredited)

Lavonne Battle

Slave Girl (uncredited)

Genevieve Bell

Old Lady (uncredited)

Mari Blanchard

Hat Check Girl (uncredited)

Raymond Bond

Box Office Man (uncredited)

Helen Brown

Miss Purdy (uncredited)

Ivan Browning

Porter (uncredited)

Sue Carlton

Scholarly Woman (uncredited)

Douglas Carter

Waiter (uncredited)

Maurice Cass

Critic (uncredited)

Lillian Clayes

Old Lady (uncredited)

Tom Coleman

Bartender (uncredited)

Robert Cornthwaite

Young Man (uncredited)

Gerald Courtemarche

Little Boy (uncredited)

Dulcie Day

Actress (uncredited)

Gloria Dea

Slave Girl (uncredited)

Josette Deegan

Slave Girl (uncredited)

Jack Deery

Aristocrat (uncredited)

Helen Dickson

Old Lady (uncredited)

Don Dillaway

Executive (uncredited)

King Donovan

Stage Manager (uncredited)

Bess Flowers

Party Guest (uncredited)

Jody Gilbert

Woman in Telephone Booth (uncredited)

Joseph J. Greene

Heavy Set Man (uncredited)

Robert Haines

Party Guest (uncredited)

Peter Hansen

Stage Cast Member (uncredited)

Marcoreta Hellman

Party Guest (uncredited)

James Horne

Young Man (uncredited)

John Indrisano

Party Guest (uncredited)

Sherry Jackson

Child (uncredited)

Jerry James

Party Guest (uncredited)

Kenner G. Kemp

Party Guest (uncredited)

Donald Kerr

Passerby on Street (uncredited)

Paul King

Party Guest (uncredited)

Al Kunde

Executive (uncredited)

Ann Kunde

Cleaning Woman (uncredited)

Jeanne Lafayette

French Woman (uncredited)

Rudy Lee

Chris Miller (uncredited)

George Lynn

Executive (uncredited)

Wilbur Mack

Advertising Agency Customer (uncredited)

Paul Maxey

Hofstadter (uncredited)

Mathew McCue

Usher at Railroad Station (uncredited)

Harold Miller

Party Guest (uncredited)

Pat Mitchell

Johnny Miller (uncredited)

Ida Moore

Old Woman with Dog (uncredited)

Diana Mumby

Model (uncredited)

Forbes Murray

Party Guest (uncredited)

Paul Newlan

Bartender (uncredited)

Barry Norton

Man in Tweeds (uncredited)

William H. O'Brien

Waiter (uncredited)

William J. O'Brien

Bar Customer (uncredited)

Patsy O'Byrne

Old Lady (uncredited)

Frank Orth

Waiter (uncredited)

Eddie Phillips

Business Man (uncredited)

Jessie Proctor

Old Lady (uncredited)

Sally Rawlinson

Model (uncredited)

Kasey Rogers

Stage Cast Member (uncredited)

Victor Romito

Young Man (uncredited)

Jean Ruth

Secretary (uncredited)

Cosmo Sardo

Office Worker (uncredited)

Rolfe Sedan

French Man (uncredited)

Cora Shannon

Old Lady (uncredited)

Bill Sheehan

Party Guest (uncredited)

Charles Sherlock

Bartender (uncredited)

Douglas Spencer

Joey (uncredited)

Helen Spring

Mrs. Crawley (uncredited)

Robert St. Angelo

Slave Boss (uncredited)

Bert Stevens

Party Guest (uncredited)

Hal Taggart

Party Guest (uncredited)

Arthur Tovey

Desk Clerk (uncredited)

Kerry Vaughn

Cocktail Waitress (uncredited)

Dorothy Vernon

Party Guest (uncredited)

Charles Fogel

First-Nighter (uncredited)

Crew

George Stevens

Director

Dwight Taylor

Screenplay

Fred Guiol

Other

Edith Head

Costume Design

George Stevens

Producer

Victor Young

Original Music Composer

George Barnes

Director of Photography

Ivan Moffat

Associate Producer

Tom McAdoo

Editor

Gene Merritt

Sound Recordist

Howie Horwitz

Producer's Assistant

Gene Garvin

Sound Recordist

William Hornbeck

Editor

Sidney Cutner

Orchestrator

Hal Pereira

Production Design

Wally Westmore

Makeup Supervisor

George Parrish

Orchestrator

John R. Coonan

Assistant Director

Leo Shuken

Orchestrator

W. Wallace Kelley

Visual Effects

Emile Kuri

Set Decoration

Walter H. Tyler

Production Design

Farciot Edouart

Visual Effects

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