Happy Land

Happy Land

73 mins | Drama, Romance, War | Nov. 10, 1943

An Iowa drugstore owner becomes embittered when his son is killed in World War II. The druggist believes that the boy's life was cut short before he had an opportunity to truly appreciate his existence.

Happy Land

73 mins | Drama, Romance, War | Nov. 10, 1943

Happy Land
An Iowa drugstore owner becomes embittered when his son is killed in World War II. The druggist believes that the boy's life was cut short before he had an opportunity to truly appreciate his existence.
IMDb rating 6.7
Producers 20th Century Fox
Original title Happy Land
Directors Irving Pichel
Writers Kathryn Scola, Julien Josephson, MacKinlay Kantor

Cast

Don Ameche

as Lew Marsh

Frances Dee

as Agnes Dickens Marsh

Harry Carey

as Edward "Gramp" Marsh

Ann Rutherford

as Lenore Prentiss

Cara Williams

as Gretchen Barry

Richard Crane

as Rusty Marsh

Harry Morgan

as Tony Cavrek

Minor Watson

as Judge Colvin

Dickie Moore

as Peter Orcutt

James West

as Rusty - Ages 12 to 16

Larry Olsen

as Rusty - Age 5

Bernard Thomas

as Sam Kendall

Adeline De Walt Reynolds

as Mrs. Schneider

Terry Masengale

as Arch

Edwin Mills

as Bud

Roseanne Murray

as Mrs. Velma Jacobson

James J. Smith

as Everett Moore

Mary Wickes

as Emmy

Walter Baldwin

as Jake Hibbs

Tom Stevenson

as Mr. MacMurray

Aileen Pringle

as Mrs. Prentiss

Richard Abbott

as Reverend Wood

Lillian Bronson

as Mattie Dyer

Ferris Taylor

as Mayor

Matt Moore

as Mr. Prentiss

Larry Thompson

as Andy Jacobson

Darla Hood

as Lenore Prentiss - Age 12

Ned Dobson Jr.

as Jackie

Paul Weigel

as Pop Schmidt

Houseley Stevenson

as Sam Watson

Elvin Field

as Joe

Juanita Quigley

as Sally Pierce

Milton Kibbee

as Shep Wayne

John Dilson

as Charles Clayton

Leigh Whipper

as Old Ben

Marjorie Cooley

as Teacher

Robert Dudley

as Old Man Bowers

Reed Hadley

as Off-Screen Narrator

Pass Le Noir

as Dr. Hammond

Natalie Wood

as Little Girl Dropping Ice Cream Cone (uncredited)

William Weber

as Bill Beecher