You Gotta Stay Happy

You Gotta Stay Happy

100 mins | Comedy, Romance | Oct. 28, 1948

Indecisive heiress Dee Dee Dillwood is pushed into marrying her sixth fiancée, but unable to face the wedding night, she flees into the adjacent hotel room of commercial pilot Marvin Payne, who just wants to sleep. She then persuades him to take her to California.

You Gotta Stay Happy

100 mins | Comedy, Romance | Oct. 28, 1948

You Gotta Stay Happy
Indecisive heiress Dee Dee Dillwood is pushed into marrying her sixth fiancée, but unable to face the wedding night, she flees into the adjacent hotel room of commercial pilot Marvin Payne, who just wants to sleep. She then persuades him to take her to California.
IMDb rating 6.7
Producers Rampart Productions, William Dozier Productions, Universal International Pictures
Original title You Gotta Stay Happy
Directors Kay Phillips, Les Warner, Jack Hively, John Sherwood, H. C. Potter
Writers Robert Carson, Karl Tunberg

Cast

Joan Fontaine

as Dee Dee Dillwood

James Stewart

as Marvin Payne

Eddie Albert

as Bullets Baker

Roland Young

as Ralph Tutwiler

Willard Parker

as Henry Benson

Percy Kilbride

as Mr. Racknell

Porter Hall

as Mr. Caslon

Marcy McGuire

as Georgia Goodrich

Arthur Walsh

as Milton Goodrich

William Bakewell

as Dick Hebert

Paul Cavanagh

as Dr. Blucher

Halliwell Hobbes

as Martin

Fritz Feld

as Pierre

Stanley Prager

as Jack Samuels

Mary Forbes

as Aunt Martha

Edith Evanson

as Mrs. Racknell

Peter Roman

as Barnabas

Houseley Stevenson

as Jud Tavis

Don Kohler

as Ted

Bert Conway

as Neil

Vera Marshe

as Mae

Jimmie Dodd

as Curly

Robert Rockwell

as Eddie

Emory Parnell

as Bank Watchman

Frank Jenks

as Carnival Man

Arthur Hohl

as Cemetery Man

Hal K. Dawson

as Night Clerk

Eddie Ehrhart

as Thaddeus (Uncredited)

Harland Tucker

as Mr. Thrush (Uncredited)

Bill Clauson

as Simon (Uncredited)

Donald Dewar

as Boy (Uncredited)

Edward Gargan

as Detective (Uncredited)

Tiny Jones

as Pedestrian (Uncredited)

Al Murphy

as Mechanic (Uncredited)

William H. O'Brien

as Waiter (Uncredited)

David Sharpe

as Motorcyclist (Uncredited)

Don Shelton

as Minister (Uncredited)

Larry Steers

as Bank Customer (Uncredited)

Frank Darien

as Old Man (Uncredited)

George M. Carleton

as Portly Man (Uncredited)

Chief Yowlachie

as Native American Man (Uncredited)

Joe Cook Jr.

as Bellhop (Uncredited)

Don Garner

as Bellhop (Uncredited)

Myron Healey

as Day Clerk (Uncredited)

Frank White

as Elevator Operator (Uncredited)

Hal Melone

as Elevator Operator (Uncredited)

Isabel Withers

as Maid (Uncredited)

Beatrice Roberts

as Maid (Uncredited)