Director: William A. Wellman

Writers: Owen Johnson (based on stories by); Harry Ruskin

Keywords: Comedy

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Leon Ames	Actor	20-Jan-1902	12-Oct-1993	Character actor, a SAG founder
Scotty Beckett	Actor	4-Oct-1929	10-May-1968	Child star train wreck
Leo G. Carroll	Actor	25-Oct-1892	16-Oct-1972	Waverly on The Man From U.N.C.L.E.
George Chandler	Actor	30-Jun-1898	10-Jun-1985	Uncle Petrie on Lassie
Darryl Hickman	Actor	28-Jul-1931		The Happy Years
Dean Stockwell	Actor	5-Mar-1936		Blue Velvet

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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