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Happy (1933 film)

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Genre
  
Comedy, Musical

Initial release
  
1933

Running time
  
1h 20m

6.2/10
IMDb

Duration
  

Director
  
Frederic Zelnik

Producer
  
Frederic Zelnik

Writer
  
Jacques Bachrach (play), Alfred Hahm (play), Frank Launder, Stanley Lupino, Austin Melford, Karoly Noti, Arthur B. Woods

Screenplay
  
Stanley Lupino, Frank Launder, Karoly Noti, Arthur B. Woods, Austin Melford

Cast
  
Will Fyffe
(Simmy),
Jimmy Godden
(Brummelberg),
Stanley Lupino
(Frank Brown),
Harry Tate
(Dupont),
Dorothy Hyson
(Lillian)

Similar movies
  
Trottie True (1949), Lets Be Happy, London Town (1946), Wonderful Life (1964), Every Days a Holiday (1965)

Happy is a 1933 British musical film directed by Frederic Zelnik, starring Stanley Lupino, Dorothy Hyson, Laddie Cliff and Will Fyffe. The plot concerns a band leader who pretends to be a millionaire in Paris.

Contents

Cast

  • Stanley Lupino as Frank Brown
  • Laddie Cliff as George
  • Will Fyffe as Simmy
  • Dorothy Hyson as Lillian
  • Harry Tate as Dupont
  • Renee Gadd as Pauline
  • Gus McNaughton as Waller
  • Jimmy Godden as Brummelberg
  • Bertha Belmore as Mrs. Brummelberg
  • Hal Gordon as Conjuror
  • Norma Varden as Miss Stone, Secretary with Glasses

    • Songs

    Happy features the following songs:

  • Happy and There's So Much I'm Wanting To Tell You by Stanley Lupino and Noel Gay
  • There Was A Poor Musician and Will You Dance Through Life With Me, plus the musical score by Kurt Schwabach, Fred Raymond, Will Meisel, Ralph Stanley, Willy Rosen, Henrik N. Ege and Fred Schwarz.

    • Critical Response

    Hal Erickson gave the picture a generally favourable review in The New York Times, proclaiming it to be Too expensive for a "quota quickie" but not quite costly enough to qualify as an "A" picture, Happy is a shapeless but generally satisfying vehicle for several of England's top music-hall attractions.

    References

    Happy (1933 film) Wikipedia
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    Happy (1933 film) IMDb