The Happy Years (7-Jul-1950)
Director: William A. Wellman Writers: Owen Johnson (based on stories by); Harry Ruskin Keywords: Comedy
REVIEWS Review by anonymous (posted on 9-May-2005) The Happy Years covers a few of
the short story subjects of Owen Johnson's books, THE LAWRENCEVILLE
STORIES. These stories involve the adventures of young prep school boys
attending the Lawrenceville (NJ) academy. Leo G. Carroll plays the
principal foe of the young students, a teacher by the name of "the Old
Roman". Dean Stockwell is fairly obnoxious as the main character Dink
Stover. Stover went on to to stardom at Yale, in another of Owen
Johnson books. The movie is pretty tame stuff, unlike the books. In the
books, the teachers and students are evenly matched and continually
play mind games on each other. The stories are very well written, and
are often hilarious. The story of HUNGRY SMEED is sometimes included in
short story collections. The film should be so lucky. It is a washed
down version of the books, and although interesting as a bit of
triviata, it is not terribly well made or entertaining.
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