Waste of time

It's funny, it's tense, it features two great performances from two actors and the director expertly creates a web of odd tension where you actually don't know what is happening for the majority of the run time.

It’s fine. It's literally the definition of a fine movie. You’ve seen it before, you know every beat and outcome before the characters even do. Only question is how much escapism you’re looking for.

what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

I really wasn't expecting much from this film; the description sounded rather mundane. But what I discovered was a film with more depth than one might expect, and it's utterly charming.It's the story of a retired college professor (Edmund Gwenn) who, after he finishes his book, is going to commit suicide. Then, as it is right after the war, Peggy (Jeanne Crain) and her husband (William Holden) comes into the professors life as she sort of forces their way (in an innocent way) into his attic as a temporary apartment. Essentially, the film is about them becoming a family.While Jeanne Crain is billed as star, along with William Holden, make no mistake, this is very much Edmund Gwenn's film. It's just a year after his wonderful role as Santa Claus in "Miracle On 34th Street", and although that is his signature film, I'm not sure that he isn't even better here. Jeanne Crain is Peggy, of course, but she seems different here...not sure quite how to explain it. But she is as lovely and wholesome as ever. William Holden doesn't have much to do in the first half of the film, but has more scenes in the latter half of the movie. The supporting actors all do their parts satisfactorily, but none get enough screen time worth mentioning...although you'll recognize some favorite faces in the character actors (including Gene Lockhart).The gist of the story, in a sense, is how people cope with the everyday issues of their lives. It's really quite charming and tells you quite a bit about post World War II America and college. Recommended.

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.

Wonderful movie set in the post-World War II period. Prof. Henry Barnes (Edmund Gwenn) is a widowed professor living in a large faculty house, and wishing death would end his lonely existence. Peggy is the bride of a WWII veteran, one of many attending college under the GI Bill. Post-war housing is at a premium,, especially for struggling Vets, but someone remembers that Prof. Barnes had an extra room, and sends Peggy to see if she can rent it. The Prof. Barnes' protests are overwhelmed by Peggy's determination to make a real home for her husband, and soon the professor has a family of sorts. Great period piece, with many warm characters. Strong performances by Gwenn and Crain. Also serves as an excellent illustration of "The Greatest Generation" right after they came home and began settling back into society.Another wonderful movie that should have been made into a video and DVD long ago.

Jeannie Crain (Peggy) "Pinky" '49 and William Holden(Jason) "Sabrina"'54 showed how a young couple with just love in their hearts for each other can overcome all materialistic problems in life and still strive to obtain a college degree. However, they needed the help of Edmund Gweenn, (Professor Henry Barnes)"Miracle on 34th St." '47(Santa Claus) and Gene Lockhart(Prof. Edward Bell),father of Gene Lockhart,who gave excellent supporting roles. If you get a chance to view this film on TV, it is a film to view and enjoy even in the 21 Century, where young people have the same struggles to pay the high costs of getting a simple college education even in the late 1940's.