Happiness Ahead

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For the 1927 silent film of the same title, see Happiness Ahead (1928 film).
Happiness Ahead
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Directed byMervyn LeRoy
Written byBrian Marlow
Harry Sauber
Produced byFirst National Pictures
StarringDick Powell
Josephine Hutchinson
CinematographyTony Gaudio
Edited byWilliam Clemens
Distributed byWarner Bros.
Release date
October 27, 1934
Running time
86 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Happiness Ahead is a 1934 American comedy film directed by Mervyn LeRoy and starring Dick Powell with Josephine Hutchinson.[1] This was Hutchinson's (credited) debut.[2]

Plot[]

Joan Bradford is a society heiress who rebels against her mother's choice of a future husband by masquerading as a working-class girl and dating a window washer.

Cast[]

Reception[]

Andre Sennwald, critic for The New York Times, called it "a winning and agreeable film", though he also described it as a "rather ordinary little romance".[2]

Preservation status[]

The film is preserved in the Library of Congress Packard Campus for Audio-Visual Conservation collection.[3]

References[]

  1. ^ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films:Happiness Ahead
  2. ^ a b Sennwald, Andre (October 11, 1934). "Josephine Hutchinson Makes a Film Debut in "Happiness Ahead," at the Strand -- "Wake Up and Dream."". The New York Times.
  3. ^ Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress, (<-book title) p.74 c.1978 by The American Film Institute

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