Underplayed Gems

The Happy Time (1952)

The Happy Time poster
Directed by
Richard Fleischer
Genre
comedy film, coming-of-age film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 34m
Rated
NR
Rating
6.5 of 10 from 15 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A young boy grows up in a close-knit French-Canadian family during the 1920s. The story follows his everyday adventures and his relationships with his relatives.

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What happens

The Happy Time is a 1952 American comedy film directed by Richard Fleischer and starring Charles Boyer and Louis Jourdan. The script is based on the 1945 novel of the same name by Robert Fontaine that Samuel A. Taylor had adapted for the stage. In 1967, the play was adapted as a Broadway musical by composer John Kander, lyricist Fred Ebb and librettist N. Richard Nash, with Robert Goulet as the star. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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