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Happy is a 1933 British musical film directed by Frederic Zelnik, starring Stanley Lupino, Dorothy Hyson, Laddie Cliff, and Will Fyffe.[1] The plot concerns a band leader who pretends to be a millionaire in Paris.

Happy
Directed by	Frederic Zelnik
Written by	Austin Melford, Stanley Lupino, Frank Launder, Jaques Bachrach, Alfred Halm and Károly Nóti (Adaptation, Dialogue and Scenario)
Produced by	Frederic Zelnik
Starring	Stanley Lupino Will Fyffe Laddie Cliff Renee Gadd Dorothy Hyson
Production company	British International Pictures
Distributed by	Wardour Films
Release date	11 December 1933
Running time	76 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

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]

References

External links

• Happy at IMDb

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