Happy (1933 film) explained

Happy
Director:	Frederic Zelnik
Producer:	Frederic Zelnik
Studio:	British International Pictures
Distributor:	Wardour Films
Runtime:	76 minutes
Country:	United Kingdom
Language:	English

Happy is a 1933 British musical film directed by Frederic Zelnik, starring Stanley Lupino, Dorothy Hyson, Laddie Cliff, and Will Fyffe.^[1]

Plot

A band leader pretends to be a millionaire in Paris.

Cast

• Stanley Lupino as Frank Brown
• Laddie Cliff as George
• Will Fyffe as Simmy
• Dorothy Hyson as Lillian
• Harry Tate as Dupont
• Renee Gadd as Pauline
• Gus McNaughton as Waller
• Jimmy Godden as Brummelberg
• Bertha Belmore as Mrs. Brummelberg
• Hal Gordon as Conjuror
• Norma Varden as Miss Stone, Secretary with Glasses

Songs

Happy features the following songs:

• Happy and There's So Much I'm Wanting To Tell You by Stanley Lupino and Noel Gay
• There Was A Poor Musician and Will You Dance Through Life With Me, plus the musical score by Kurt Schwabach, Fred Raymond, Will Meisel, Ralph Stanley, Willy Rosen, Henrik N. Ege and Fred Schwarz.

Critical response

Hal Erickson gave the picture a generally favourable review in The New York Times, proclaiming it to be Too expensive for a "quota quickie" but not quite costly enough to qualify as an "A" picture, Happy is a shapeless but generally satisfying vehicle for several of England's top music-hall attractions.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Happy (film). Ftvdb.bfi.org.uk. 16 April 2009. 20 February 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20121021101118/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/35727. 21 October 2012. dead.
2. https://web.archive.org/web/20160310004316/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/94286/Happy/overview The New York Times Movies