Movie Description
The Happy Years
(1950)Overview
Based on a collection of stories with the focus on young John Humperkink "Dink" Stover, a student at the Lawrenceville Prepatory School, in 1896, whose family, in Eastcester, New York, have just about given up on his education because he is an incorrigible student. He gets into one situation after another and incurs the dislike of his classmates, who think he is cowardly but he changes their opinion when he challenges several of them to a fight. When he returns home for the summer, he meets Miss Dolly Travers and increases his 'hatred of women' because she does not accept his schoolboy pranks. Back at school, in the fall, he is more difficult than ever until his philosophy is changed by a teacher.
Featured Crew
- Director : William A. Wellman
- Producer : Carey Wilson
- Editor : John D. Dunning
- Cast : Dean Stockwell,Darryl Hickman,Scotty Beckett,Leon Ames,Margalo Gillmore,Leo G. Carroll,Donn Gift,Danny Mummert,Elinor Donahue,George Chandler,Irving Bacon,Arthur Space,Leon Tyler,Claudia Barrett,Jacqueline deWit,Charles Smith,Robert Wagner,Peter M. Thompson,Jerry Mickelsen,Mason Alan Dinehart,David Bair,Eddie LeRoy,Jeralyn Alton
Cast
John Humperdink 'Dink' Stover
George 'Tough' McCarty
'Tennessee' Shad
Sr. Samuel H. Stover
Maude Stover
Mr. Hopkins
Joshua Montgomery Smead
"Butsey" White
Connie Brown
Johnny
Mr. Conover
Al
Edward "Puffy" Ellis
Dolly Travers
Mrs. Cameron
Student
Student
Sambo
Cheyenne Baxter
Coffee Colored Angel
White Mountain Canary
Poler Beekstein
Clara 'Tootsie' Stover (uncredited)
Posters
Recommendations
Facts
Original TitleThe Happy Years
Status Released
Release Information
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1950-07-07
Original LanguageEnglish
Runtime 01h 50m
Production CompaniesMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Genres
- Comedy
- Romance
