The Happy Time (1952)
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The Happy Time was adapted from the long-running Broadway play by Samuel Taylor, which in turn was based on the novel by Robert Fontaine. Set in Quebec during the early part of the 20th century, the film concentrates on the activities of a large French-Canadian family headed by Charles Boyer. Most… More The Happy Time was adapted from the long-running Broadway play by Samuel Taylor, which in turn was based on the novel by Robert Fontaine. Set in Quebec during the early part of the 20th century, the film concentrates on the activities of a large French-Canadian family headed by Charles Boyer. Most of the humor arises from "coming of age" complications and sexual awakenings, especially when worldly prodigal son Louis Jourdan returns to the fold and exercises his influence on impressionable young Bobby Driscoll. Not permitted to include the racier portions of the play, director Richard Fleischer compensated by adopting a frenetic, farcelike pace, which works about half the time. Happy Time was later musicalized on Broadway in the 1960s, with Robert Goulet in the Louis Jourdan part. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Richard Fleischer
- Genres
- Classics, Comedy
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Dec 3, 1952 Wide
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Cast
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Charles Boyer
as Jacques Bonnard
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Louis Jourdan
as Uncle Desmonde
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Marsha Hunt
as Susan Bonnard
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Kurt Kasznar
as Uncle Louis
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Linda Christian
as Mignonette Chappuis
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Bobby Driscoll
as Bibi
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Marcel Dalio
as Grandpere Bonnard
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Jeanette Nolan
as Felice
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Jack Raine
as Mr. Frye
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Richard Erdman
as Alfred Grattin
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Marlene Cameron
as Peggy O'Hare
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Gene Collins
as Jimmy Bishop
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Ann Faber
as Yvonne
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Kathrun Sheldon
as Miss Tate
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Maurice Marsac
as The Great Gaspari
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Will Wright
as Dr. Marchaud
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Eugene Borden
as M. Lafayette
- Marsha A. Hunt
