Summary
Happy Land is an American film first released in 1943,
directed by Irving Pichel.
The film is based on a novel by MacKinlay Kantor and stars Don Ameche, Frances Dee, Harry Carey, Ann Rutherford and Cara Williams.
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Credits
- Director: Irving Pichel
- Script: Julien Josephson, MacKinlay Kantor (novel), Kathryn Scola
- Photo: Joseph LaShelle
- Music: Cyril J. Mockridge
- 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), Minor Watson (Judge Colvin), Dickie Moore (Peter Orcutt), Joseph E. Bernard (Clerk), Richard Abbott (Rev. Wood), Jackie Averill (Ted), Walter Baldwin (Jake Hibbs), Lillian Bronson (Mattie Dyer), Marjorie Cooley (Teacher), Adeline De Walt Reynolds (Mrs. Schneider), John Dilson (Charles Clayton), Ned Dobson Jr. (Jackie), Robert Dudley (Old Man Bowers), Elvin Field (Joe), Reed Hadley (Off-Screen Narrator), Darla Hood (Lenore Prentiss, at age 12), Milton Kibbee (Shep Wayne), Pass Le Noir (Mrs. Hammond), Terry Masengale (Arch), Edwin Mills (Bud), Matt Moore (Mr. Prentiss), Roseanne Murray (Mrs. Velma Jacobson), Georgie Nokes, William J. O’Brien (Chris – Drugstore Counterman), Larry Olsen (Rusty, at age 5), Oscar O’Shea (Father Case), Aileen Pringle (Mrs. Prentiss), Juanita Quigley (Sally Pierce), James J. Smith (Everett Moore), Houseley Stevenson (Sam Watson), Tom Stevenson (Mr. MacMurray), Ferris Taylor (Mayor), Bernard Thomas (Sam Kendall), Larry Thompson (Andy Jacobson), William Weber (Bill Beecher), Paul Weigel (Pop Schmidt), James West (Rusty, at age 12 to 16), Leigh Whipper (Old Ben), Mary Wickes (Emmy), Natalie Wood (Little Girl who drops Ice Cream Cone)
- Country: USA
- Language: English
- Runtime: 73 min; B&W
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