Invitation to Happiness

Directed by Wesley Ruggles
Approved
1939    1h 37mDrama, Romance
6.3
Trainer Pop Hardy thinks his heavyweight boxer 'King' Cole could be champ...some day; he wants to sell a half interest in Cole to his rich friend Wayne. Wayne's daughter Eleanor is disdainful, but brash Cole manages to get under her skin. Can a society dame and a mug find happiness together? And can she wait for his slow rise to fame?
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Cast of Invitation to Happiness
  • Irene DunneEleanor Wayne
  • Fred MacMurrayAlbert 'King' Cole
  • Charles RugglesHenry 'Pop' Hardy
  • Billy CookAlbert Cole Jr.
  • William Collier Sr.Mr. Wayne
  • Marion MartinLola Snow
  • Oscar O'SheaDivorce Judge
  • Burr CaruthButler
  • Doodles WeaverBand Leader / Emcee at Harry's
  • Eddie HoganThe Champ
  • Virginia BrissacEleanor's Nurse (uncredited)
  • Joe CaitsMan in Office (uncredited)
  • Wheaton ChambersReporter (uncredited)
  • Russ ClarkReferee (uncredited)
  • Heinie ConklinJoe, the Cook (uncredited)
  • Joe CunninghamAnnouncer (uncredited)
  • Bob EvansGalliette (uncredited)
  • Jerry FletcherReporter (uncredited)
  • Joseph FranzReporter (uncredited)
  • Jack GarganReporter (uncredited)
  • Mack GrayUsher (uncredited)
  • Dorothy HackInfant (uncredited)
  • Hank HankisonFighter (uncredited)
  • Tom HanlonVoice of Radio Fight Announcer
  • Harry HaydenReporter (uncredited)
  • John IndrisanoReferee (uncredited)
  • Gordon JonesDutch Arnold (uncredited)
  • Jack KnocheReporter (uncredited)
  • Bill KnudsenAttendant (uncredited)
  • Don LatorreYouth (uncredited)
  • Myra MarshMaternity Nurse (uncredited)
  • Lee MooreHeadwaiter (uncredited)
  • William NewellWaiter (uncredited)
  • William T. OrrBellboy (uncredited)
  • Franklin ParkerReporter (uncredited)
  • Charles RandolphReferee (uncredited)
  • Cyril RingReporter at Fight (uncredited)
  • Jack RoperScat (uncredited)
  • Robert R. StephensonReporter (uncredited)
  • Emerson TreacyPhotographer (uncredited)
  • Guy UsherSpectator (uncredited)
  • Harry WilsonMan at Nightclub Entrance (uncredited)
  • Allen WoodYouth (uncredited)
 
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