The Happy Years (1950) On DVD

Actor:        Dean Stockwell, Darryl Hickman, Scotty Beckett, Leon Ames, Margalo Gillmore
Director:   William A. Wellman
Genre:       Family
Year:         1950
Studio:      Warner Bros.
Length:     110
Released: February 16, 2006
Rating:      Not Rated (MPAA Rating)
Format:     DVD
Misc:         Color
Language:English
Subtitles  :N/A

DESCRIPTION:

Director William A. "Wild Bill" Wellman tackled all manner of subjects during his legendary career: war (Battleground, Wings), Hollywood (1937's A Star Is Born), exotic adventure (Beau Geste), crime (The Public Enemy) and, with The Happy Years, joyous, jim-dandy, turn-of-the-century Americana. Based on Owen Johnson's The Lawrenceville School Stories, the film stars Dean Stockwell as Dink Stover, whose concerned papa sends him to the posh prep school in hopes of turning the troublemaker into a responsible young man. Fisticuffs, feuds and football test the lad's mettle, but (of course) all comes right at the end. Deft and delightfully comic, The Happy Years happily evokes the charm and innocence of a lost era.