The Happy Years

The Happy Years is a 1950 film based on the 1910 novel The Varmint by Owen Johnson. It concerns the adventures of Dink Stover, a boy attending the Lawrenceville School in New Jersey.

The Happy Years
Film poster
Directed byWilliam Wellman
Based onThe Varmint by Owen Johnson
StarringDean Stockwell
Darryl Hickman
Scotty Beckett
Leo G. Carroll
Elinor Donahue
Music byLeigh Harline
CinematographyPaul C. Vogel
Edited byJohn Dunning
Distributed byMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date
1950
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$1,393,000[1]
Box office$855,000[1]

Plot

Expelled from other preparatory schools, most recently after causing a campus explosion, young John Humperdink Stover is given one last chance by his father to find maturity and discipline along with a proper education. On the way to a new academy, Stover promptly disrupts the trip of a fellow carriage passenger, Mr. Hopkins, by causing the horse to break into a gallop. He is unaware that Hopkins is the Latin teacher and house-master at his school.

Promptly given the nickname "Dink," he becomes acquainted with other students like "Tough" McCarty and "Tennessee" Shad and immediately starts getting into fights. The rivalry spills onto the football field and also includes elaborate pranks played on a girl, Connie Brown, during the summer break. On the verge of being kicked out of yet another school, Dink comes to his senses just in time, making his father proud at last.

Cast

Robert Wagner made his film debut in a small, uncredited role as Adams, the catcher for Cleve House.

Reception

According to MGM records, the movie earned $680,000 in the US and Canada and $175,000 elsewhere, making a loss of $1,096,000 for the studio.[1]

References
  1. The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.


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