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The Happy Time

Year:
Duration:
USA:94 min
Genres:
Comedy
IMDB rate:
7.1
Director:
Richard Fleischer
Awards:
Nominated for 4 Golden Globes. Another 1 nomination
Details
Country: USA
Release Date: 1952-12-03
Cast
Actor
Character
Charles Boyer
Jacques Bonnard
Louis Jourdan
Uncle Desmond Bonnard
Marsha Hunt
Susan Bonnard
Bobby Driscoll
Robert 'Bibi' Bonnard
Kurt Kasznar
Uncle Louis Bonnard
Marcel Dalio
Grandpere Bonnard
Jeanette Nolan
Felice Bonnard
Jack Raine
Mr. Frye - School Principal
Richard Erdman
Alfred Grattin
Marlene Cameron
Peggy O'Hare
Gene Collins
Jimmy Bishop
Ann Faber
Yvonne Bonnard
Kathryn Sheldon
Miss Tate - Schoolteacher
Edward Clark
Dr. Marchaud
Maurice Marsac
The Great Gaspari
Will Wright
Family Doctor
Eugene Borden
Monsieur Lafayette - Grocer
Frank Arnold
Andre (uncredited)
Paul Baxley
Bicycle Rider (uncredited)
Bruce Cameron
Acrobat (uncredited)
Abe Dinovitch
Moving Man (uncredited)
Walter Pietila
Acrobat (uncredited)
Rose Plumer
Madame Andre (uncredited)
Ralph Smiley
Waiter (uncredited)
Charles Sullivan
Moving Man (uncredited)
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Trivia
Marsha Hunt was offered the same part in the original Broadway production but turned it down. The part ultimately went to Leora Dana, who met and married actor Kurt Kaszner during the run of the play.
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Quotes
Susan Bonnard: [as Grandpere emerges from the house in his finery] Grandpa!
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Susan Bonnard: [Bibi returns to the dining room, adjusting lacy garters on his sleeves] Bibi, what have you got on your sleeves?
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Jacques Bonnard: Believe me, my love; this bird, in his song-which I understand completely-has expressed a desire to live his own life! It is a desire that must be respected.
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Faq
Q
Chicago Opening Happened When?
A
The Columbia film, The Happy Time, opened in Chicago, according to an ad in the Chicago Tribune, on Monday night (a very unusual time), at 9:00 pm, on December 22, 1952. at the Essaness Woods theatre, Randolph at Dearborn (sadly, no longer standing). The ad stated: "The Picture That Made America Blush!"
Q
World Premier Happened When?
A
According to an ad in the New York Times, the Columbia movie, a Stanley Kramer production, The Happy Time, had its World Premiere in New York, at the famed Radio City Music Hall ("Showplace of the Nation"; Rockefeller Center), on Thursday morning, October 30, 1952. The film starred: Charles Boyer, Louis Jourdan,, with Marsha Hunt, Kurt Kasznar, Linda Christian, Marcel Dalio, Richard Erdman, Bobby Driscoll. The film was based on the Rogers & Hammerstein stage play.
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Photos from cast
Linda Christian
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