Happiness Ahead (1928 film) explained

Happiness Ahead
Director:William A. Seiter
Producer:John McCormick
Based On:story by Edmund Goulding
Starring:Colleen Moore
Edmund Lowe
Lilyan Tashman
Diane Ellis
Cinematography:Sidney Hickox
Editing:Paul Weatherwax
Distributor:First National
Runtime:80 minutes
Country:United States
Language:Silent with English titles

Happiness Ahead is a lost[1] 1928 silent film drama directed by William A. Seiter and starring Colleen Moore and then husband and wife Edmund Lowe and Lilyan Tashman. It was produced by First National before it acquired by Warner Brothers. Moore was married to the producer John McCormick who frequently produced her films and they held rights to their films. Moore donated copies of her films to the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) and over the years the archive allowed the films to decay including Happiness Ahead.[2] [3]

This film is now lost save for footage from its trailer.[4] The trailer was preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2009.[5]

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.silentsaregolden.com/arnefirstnational.html Happiness Ahead at Lost Film Files: First National Pictures - lost films 1928
  2. http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=9564 The AFI Catalog of Feature Films:Happiness Ahead
  3. http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/H/HappinessAhead1928.html Happiness Ahead at silentera.com
  4. Web site: Happiness Ahead / William A Seiter [motion picture] ]. Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database.
  5. Web site: Preserved Projects.