The Happy Years
the happy years 1950 trailerThe Happy Years is a 1950 film based on The Varmint by Owen Johnson. It concerns the adventures of Dink Stover, a boy attending the Lawrenceville School in New Jersey. Contents The happy years 1950 movie reviewPlot Expelled from other preparatory schools, most recently after causing a campus explosion, "Dink" Stover is given one last chance by his father to find maturity along with a proper education. On the way to a new academy, Dink promptly disrupts the trip of a fellow carriage passenger, Mr. Hopkins, by causing the horse to break into a gallop. He is unaware that Hopkins is his school's headmaster.  Dink becomes acquainted with other students like Tough McCarty and Tennessee Shad and immediately begins getting into fights. The rivalry spills onto a football field and also includes cruel pranks played on a girl at school, Connie Brown. On the verge of being kicked out of yet another school, Dink comes to his senses just in time, making his father proud at last. Cast  Robert Wagner made his film debut in a small role as Adams, the cleaves catcher. Reception According to MGM records the movie earned $680,000 in the US and Canada and $175,000 elsewhere, making a loss to the studio of $1,096,000. ReferencesThe Happy Years WikipediaThe Happy Years IMDb The Happy Years themoviedb.org Similar Topics Darryl Hickman Dean Stockwell Leon Ames | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
