Happy Land (1943)

User Rating:

7.1/10   

Director:

Irving Pichel

Writers:

Julien Josephson (writer)
MacKinlay Kantor (novel)

Release Date:

10 November 1943 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Plot Keywords:

Small Town | Clarinet | Loganberry Wine | Iowa | Four Leaf Clover

Cast

Don Ameche	...	Lew Marsh
Frances Dee	...	Agnes Marsh
Harry Carey	...	Gramp
Ann Rutherford	...	Lenore Prentiss
Cara Williams	...	Gretchen Barry
Richard Crane	...	Russell 'Rusty' Marsh
Harry Morgan	...	Anton 'Tony' Cavrek (as Henry Morgan)
Minor Watson	...	Judge Colvin
Dickie Moore	...	Peter Orcutt
Joseph E. Bernard	...	Clerk (as Joe Bernard)

Runtime:

73 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Recording)

Certification:

Sweden:Btl

Filming Locations:

Santa Rosa, California, USA

Company:

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

Trivia:

Feature film debut of Natalie Wood.

Movie Connections:

Version of "The 20th Century-Fox Hour: In Times Like These (#1.11)" (1956)

Soundtrack:

How 'Ya Gonna Keep 'em Down on the Farm (After They've Seen Paree?)

I liked it when I was 10

Saw this movie with my family in 1943 at age 10. We all liked it, even though it made us sad. Seems like it starts with Rusty already dead, killed in the war. Then there are flashbacks to his childhood. What it said to me back then was: war makes no sense. I'm not sure that's what was intended.