The Happy Years
Directed by William A. WellmanBased on a collection of stories with the focus on young John Humperdink "Dink" Stover, a student at the Lawrenceville Prepatory School, in 1896, whose family, in Eastcester, New York, have just about given up on his education because he is an incorrigible student. He gets into one situation after another and incurs the dislike of his classmates, who think he is cowardly but he changes their opinion when he challenges several of them to a fight. When he returns home for the summer, he meets Miss Dolly Travers and increases his 'hatred of women' because she does not accept his schoolboy pranks. Back at school, in the fall, he is more difficult than ever until his philosophy is changed by a teacher.
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The Happy Years was released on July 7, 1950.
The Happy Years was directed by William A. Wellman.
The Happy Years has a runtime of 1h 50m.
The Happy Years was produced by Carey Wilson.
Based on a collection of stories with the focus on young John Humperdink "Dink" Stover, a student at the Lawrenceville Prepatory School, in 1896, whose family, in Eastcester, New York, have just about given up on his education because he is an incorrigible student. He gets into one situation after another and incurs the dislike of his classmates, who think he is cowardly but he changes their opinion when he challenges several of them to a fight. When he returns home for the summer, he meets Miss Dolly Travers and increases his 'hatred of women' because she does not accept his schoolboy pranks. Back at school, in the fall, he is more difficult than ever until his philosophy is changed by a teacher.
The key characters in The Happy Years are John Humperdink 'Dink' Stover (Dean Stockwell), George 'Tough' McCarty (Darryl Hickman), 'Tennessee' Shad (Scotty Beckett).
The Happy Years is rated Not Rated.
The Happy Years is a Comedy, Romance, Family film.
The Happy Years has an audience rating of 6.7 out of 10.
The Happy Years had a budget of $1.4M.