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The Happy Time is a musical with music by John Kander, lyrics by Fred Ebb, and a book by N. Richard Nash loosely based on a 1950 hit Broadway play, The Happy Time by Samuel A. Taylor, which was in turn based on stories by Robert Fontaine.
The Happy Time is a 1952 American comedy-drama film directed by Richard Fleischer, based on the 1945 novel of the same name by Robert Fontaine, which Samuel A. Taylor turned into a hit play. A boy, played by Bobby Driscoll, comes of age in a close-knit French-Canadian family.
The Happy Time. Spring inspires lessons in love and life for a French family in 1920s Ottawa, especially for teenage Robert, who's blind to the attentions of an American neighbor girl, because he's infatuated with the beautiful new maid, fleeing life as a magician's assistant.
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- Comedy
- Richard Fleischer
- 1952-12-03
Mar 16, 2010 · The Happy Time (1952), pt 1. Double the dose of gorgeous Frenchmen: Louis Jourdan & Charles Boyer! A coming of age story centered on a French Canadian family in Ottawa. Boyer plays Jacques...
- 7 min
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Happy Time, The - (Original Trailer) A Canadian patriarch (Charles Boyer) fights to keep his wayward brother (Louis Jordan) from leading his son astray in The Happy Time (1952).
- Richard Fleischer, Milton Feldman
- Charles Boyer
Originally directed and choreographed by Gower Champion and produced in New York by David Merrick, the theme of this enchanting musical is the conflict between a happy life at home and the joy of adventure.
The Happy Time (Original, Play, Comedy, Broadway) opened in New York City Jan 24, 1950 and played through Jul 14, 1951.
