Is Everybody Happy?

Is Everybody Happy?

80 mins | Drama, Comedy, Music | Oct. 19, 1929

It is the story of Ted Lewis, popular band leader and clarinettist. The music for the film was written by Harry Akst and Grant Clarke, except for "St. Louis Blues" by W. C. Handy and "Tiger Rag". The film's title comes from Lewis's catchphrase "Is everybody happy?" The film's soundtrack exists on Vitaphone discs preserved at the UCLA Film and Television Archive, but the film itself is considered a lost film, according to the Vitaphone Project website. A five minute clip from the film can be found on YouTube.

Is Everybody Happy?

80 mins | Drama, Comedy, Music | Oct. 19, 1929

Is Everybody Happy?
It is the story of Ted Lewis, popular band leader and clarinettist. The music for the film was written by Harry Akst and Grant Clarke, except for "St. Louis Blues" by W. C. Handy and "Tiger Rag". The film's title comes from Lewis's catchphrase "Is everybody happy?" The film's soundtrack exists on Vitaphone discs preserved at the UCLA Film and Television Archive, but the film itself is considered a lost film, according to the Vitaphone Project website. A five minute clip from the film can be found on YouTube.
Producers Warner Bros. Pictures
Original title Is Everybody Happy?
Directors Archie Mayo
Writers Jimmy Starr, Joseph Jackson

Cast

Ted Lewis

as Ted Todd

Alice Day

as Gail Wilson

Ann Pennington

as Lena Schmitt

Lawrence Grant

as Victor Molnár

Julia Swayne Gordon

as Mrs. Molnár

Otto Hoffman

as Landlord

Purnell Pratt

as Stage Manager

Muggsy Spanier

as Muggsy Spanier

Mary Gordon

as Neighbor (uncredited)