Apartment for Peggy (1948)

Directed by George Seaton
My rating: 3 stars out of 4
IMDb
(Fox Movie Channel)

Post-war film dealing with young GI struggling to make ends meet and start a family while going to school. Edmund Gwenn is perfectly cast as the retired professor looking for a reason to live. Jeanne Crain is the slightly ditsy but wise beyond her years young wife. Due to a housing shortage they all end up living in the same house. The academic setting allows for some philosophy to make its way into the story. It's a well-written, well-directed and well-acted old-fashioned movie with no pretensions. Highly recommended on a cold winter night by the fire.