Happiness (1917)
- Directed by
- Reginald Barker
- Genre
- silent film, comedy drama
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 50 min
- Rating
- 5.0 of 10 from 1 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A wealthy orphan heiress enrolls at a co-ed college but is snubbed for being a snob. She falls in love with a poor student who works to pay his tuition.
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What happens
Happiness is a 1917 American silent comedy drama feature film written by C. Gardner Sullivan and starring Enid Bennett and Charles Gunn. A rich orphan and heiress played by Bennett is described in the newspapers as "the richest and most snobbish girl in America." She goes to a co-ed college where she is snubbed by students who view her as a snob. A romance develops with a poor student (played by Charles Gunn) who is taking in washing to pay his way through college. A print exists in the Library of Congress collection. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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