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The Happy Years is a 1950 film based on the 1910 novel The Varmint by Owen Johnson. It concerns the adventures of Dink Stover, a boy attending the Lawrenceville School in New Jersey. Robert Wagner made his film debut in a small, uncredited role as Adams, the catcher for Cleve House.
The Happy Years: Directed by William A. Wellman. With Dean Stockwell, Darryl Hickman, Scotty Beckett, Leon Ames. 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 ...
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- Comedy, Family, Romance
- William A. Wellman
- 1950-07-07
The Happy Years (1950) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
The Happy Years. Summaries. 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.
The Happy Years. After being expelled from both a public school and a prestigious private school, John Humperdink Stover (Dean Stockwell) is given one more chance by his father, and is sent...
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- William A. Wellman
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- Dean Stockwell
Based on a collection of stories with the focus on young John Humperkink "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.
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The film adheres strictly to MGM's factory-tested Boys Town formula by having Stockwell cleaning up his act and becoming a worthwhile Lawrenceville student. Watch The Happy Years carefully and you'll spot an unbilled Robert Wagner, in his film debut.
