The Happy Years (1950)
The Happy Years
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. 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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Dean Stockwell
as John Humperdink 'Dink' Stover
as John Humperdink 'Dink' Stover
Darryl Hickman
as George 'Tough' McCarty
as George 'Tough' McCarty
Scotty Beckett
as 'Tennessee' Shad
as 'Tennessee' Shad
Leon Ames
as Sr. Samuel H. Stover
as Sr. Samuel H. Stover
Margalo Gillmore
as Maude Stover
as Maude Stover
Leo G. Carroll
as Mr. Hopkins
as Mr. Hopkins
Donn Gift
as Joshua Montgomery Smead
as Joshua Montgomery Smead
Danny Mummert
as "Butsey" White
as "Butsey" White
Elinor Donahue
as Connie Brown
as Connie Brown
George Chandler
as Johnny
as Johnny
Irving Bacon
as Mr. Conover
as Mr. Conover
Arthur Space
as Al
as Al
Leon Tyler
as Edward "Puffy" Ellis
as Edward "Puffy" Ellis
Claudia Barrett
as Dolly Travers
as Dolly Travers
Jacqueline deWit
as Mrs. Cameron
as Mrs. Cameron
Charles Smith
as Student
as Student
Robert Wagner
as Student
as Student
Peter M. Thompson
as Sambo
as Sambo
Jerry Mickelsen
as Cheyenne Baxter
as Cheyenne Baxter
Mason Alan Dinehart
as Coffee Colored Angel
as Coffee Colored Angel
David Bair
as White Mountain Canary
as White Mountain Canary
Eddie LeRoy
as Poler Beekstein
as Poler Beekstein
Jeralyn Alton
as Clara 'Tootsie' Stover (uncredited)
as Clara 'Tootsie' Stover (uncredited)
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William A. Wellman
Director
Director
Carey Wilson
Producer
Producer
Harry Ruskin
Screenplay
Screenplay
Owen Johnson
Novel
Novel
Paul Vogel
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
Walter Plunkett
Costume Design
Costume Design
John D. Dunning
Editor
Editor
Cedric Gibbons
Art Direction
Art Direction
Edwin B. Willis
Set Decoration
Set Decoration
Daniel B. Cathcart
Art Direction
Art Direction
Leigh Harline
Original Music Composer
Original Music Composer
