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Happy Land

  • 19431943
  • ApprovedApproved
  • 1h 13m
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6.7/10
362
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Don Ameche, Harry Carey, Frances Dee, Ann Rutherford, and Cara Williams in Happy Land (1943)
DramaRomanceWar
In a typical American Midwestern city, Hartfield, Iowa, Lew Marsh (Don Ameche) is the owner of a drugstore. Everyone knows Lew and knew his grandfather, old "Gramp" Marsh (Harry Carey), who ... Read allIn a typical American Midwestern city, Hartfield, Iowa, Lew Marsh (Don Ameche) is the owner of a drugstore. Everyone knows Lew and knew his grandfather, old "Gramp" Marsh (Harry Carey), who had passed on. One evening, Lew and his wife, Agnes (Frances Dee), reminisce lovingly abou... Read allIn a typical American Midwestern city, Hartfield, Iowa, Lew Marsh (Don Ameche) is the owner of a drugstore. Everyone knows Lew and knew his grandfather, old "Gramp" Marsh (Harry Carey), who had passed on. One evening, Lew and his wife, Agnes (Frances Dee), reminisce lovingly about their son, "Rusty" (Richard Crane), when a telegram arrives from the Navy Department inf... Read all
IMDb RATING
6.7/10
362
YOUR RATING
    • Irving Pichel
    • Kathryn Scola(screenplay)
    • Julien Josephson(screenplay)
    • MacKinlay Kantor(from the novel by)
  • Stars
    • Don Ameche
    • Frances Dee
    • Harry Carey
    • Irving Pichel
    • Kathryn Scola(screenplay)
    • Julien Josephson(screenplay)
    • MacKinlay Kantor(from the novel by)
  • Stars
    • Don Ameche
    • Frances Dee
    • Harry Carey
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 17User reviews
    • 3Critic reviews
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    Don Ameche, Frances Dee, and Harry Morgan in Happy Land (1943)
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    Don Ameche, Frances Dee, and Larry Olsen in Happy Land (1943)
    Harry Morgan in Happy Land (1943)
    Richard Crane and Ann Rutherford in Happy Land (1943)
    Richard Crane and Ann Rutherford in Happy Land (1943)
    Don Ameche, Richard Crane, Frances Dee, Dickie Moore, and Ann Rutherford in Happy Land (1943)
    Don Ameche, Harry Carey, Richard Crane, Frances Dee, Harry Morgan, and Ann Rutherford in Happy Land (1943)

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    Don Ameche
    Don Ameche
    • Lew Marsh
    Frances Dee
    Frances Dee
    • Agnes Marsh
    Harry Carey
    Harry Carey
    • Gramp
    Ann Rutherford
    Ann Rutherford
    • Lenore Prentiss
    Cara Williams
    Cara Williams
    • Gretchen Barry
    Richard Crane
    Richard Crane
    • Russell 'Rusty' Marsh
    Harry Morgan
    Harry Morgan
    • Anton 'Tony' Cavrek
    • (as Henry Morgan)
    Minor Watson
    Minor Watson
    • Judge Colvin
    Dickie Moore
    Dickie Moore
    • Peter Orcutt
    June Preston
    • Mrs. Prentiss daughter
    Richard Abbott
    • Reverend Wood
    • (uncredited)
    Jackie Averill
    • Tod
    • (uncredited)
    Walter Baldwin
    Walter Baldwin
    • Jake Hibbs
    • (uncredited)
    Joseph E. Bernard
    Joseph E. Bernard
    • Clerk
    • (uncredited)
    Lillian Bronson
    Lillian Bronson
    • Mattie Dyer
    • (uncredited)
    Marjorie Cooley
    • Teacher
    • (uncredited)
    Adeline De Walt Reynolds
    Adeline De Walt Reynolds
    • Mrs. Schneider
    • (uncredited)
    John Dilson
    John Dilson
    • Charles Clayton
    • (uncredited)
      • Irving Pichel
      • Kathryn Scola(screenplay)
      • Julien Josephson(screenplay)
      • MacKinlay Kantor(from the novel by)
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    • Trivia
      Feature film debut of Natalie Wood. She is the girl with the ice cream cone. Wood's family lived in Santa Rosa, California at the time, one of the locations for this film.
    • Goofs
      Right before Rusty's shipmate, Tony, arrives at Mr. Marsh's Pharmacy, it is near closing time, and dark outside. When Mr. Marsh takes Tony home to meet Mrs. Marsh, she says she was just getting ready to fix lunch, although it is night time.
    • Quotes

      Gramp: You know, Lew, that's one thing God intended in America forever - kids have got to play Indian. Bows and arrows, war clubs, Daniel Boone, Sittin' Bull... nobody must be allowed to make them stop.

    • Connections
      Featured in Too Young to Die: Natalie Wood - Die Macht der Prophezeiung (2014)
    • Soundtracks
      Hail, Columbia
      (uncredited)
      aka "The President's March"
      Music by Philip Phile
      Lyrics by Joseph Hopkinson
      Sung by a chorus during the opening credits, at the cemetary and at the end
      Also played often in the score

    User reviews17

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    9/10
    Great movie - they don't make em like this anymore
    I thought this was a wonderfully nostalgic movie. The acting is well done, and the end is just a real tear-jerker. It brings back the feelings that I believe really did exist in WWII, right down to the fateful trip the girl from Western Union had to make to deliver the telegram that said his son died. Excitement, no. A few laughs, yes. Great nostelgic drama with a good story line.
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    • Dec 12, 2001

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    • Release date
      • November 10, 1943 (United States)
      • United States
      • English
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    • Filming locations
      • Santa Rosa, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Twentieth Century Fox
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    • 1 hour 13 minutes
      • Black and White

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