Happy Land

1943
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1h 13m

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Don Ameche, Harry Carey, Frances Dee, Ann Rutherford, and Cara Williams in Happy Land (1943)

When his son is killed in WWII, druggist Lew Marsh is convinced that his boy died far too soon, never getting to appreciate the good things in life. Bitter and depressed Lew nearly gives up ... Read allWhen his son is killed in WWII, druggist Lew Marsh is convinced that his boy died far too soon, never getting to appreciate the good things in life. Bitter and depressed Lew nearly gives up on life himself until a special visitor shows up.When his son is killed in WWII, druggist Lew Marsh is convinced that his boy died far too soon, never getting to appreciate the good things in life. Bitter and depressed Lew nearly gives up on life himself until a special visitor shows up.

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Awards
- 1 win total

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Don Ameche

Lew Marsh

Frances Dee

Agnes Marsh

Harry Carey

Gramp

Ann Rutherford

Lenore Prentiss

Cara Williams

Gretchen Barry

Richard Crane

Russell 'Rusty' Marsh

Harry Morgan

Anton 'Tony' Cavrek
(as Henry Morgan)

Minor Watson

Judge Colvin

Dickie Moore

Peter Orcutt

June Preston

Mrs. Prentiss daughter

Richard Abbott

Reverend Wood
(uncredited)

Jackie Averill

Tod
(uncredited)

Walter Baldwin

Jake Hibbs
(uncredited)

Joseph E. Bernard

Clerk
(uncredited)

Lillian Bronson

Mattie Dyer
(uncredited)

Marjorie Cooley

Teacher
(uncredited)

Adeline De Walt Reynolds

Mrs. Schneider
(uncredited)

John Dilson

Charles Clayton
(uncredited)

Director
- Irving Pichel
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Trivia
Feature film debut of Natalie Wood. She is the girl with the ice cream cone. Wood's family lived in Santa Rosa, California at the time, one of the locations for this film.

Goofs
Right before Rusty's shipmate, Tony, arrives at Mr. Marsh's Pharmacy, it is near closing time, and dark outside. When Mr. Marsh takes Tony home to meet Mrs. Marsh, she says she was just getting ready to fix lunch, although it is night time.

Quotes
Gramp: You know, Lew, that's one thing God intended in America forever - kids have got to play Indian. Bows and arrows, war clubs, Daniel Boone, Sittin' Bull... nobody must be allowed to make them stop.

Connections
Featured in Trop jeune pour mourir: Natalie Wood - Die Macht der Prophezeiung (2014)

Soundtracks
Hail, Columbia
(uncredited)
aka "The President's March"
Music by Philip Phile
Lyrics by Joseph Hopkinson
Sung by a chorus during the opening credits, at the cemetary and at the end
Also played often in the score

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I liked it when I was 10

Saw this movie with my family in 1943 at age 10. We all liked it, even though it made us sad. Seems like it starts with Rusty already dead, killed in the war. Then there are flashbacks to his childhood. What it said to me back then was: war makes no sense. I'm not sure that's what was intended.