The Happy Time

The Happy Time
The Happy Time
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Directed by	Richard Fleischer
Screenplay by	Earl Felton
Based on	Samuel A. Taylor; (based on the Play by); Robert Fontaine; (And the Book by)
Produced by	Earl Felton
Starring	Charles Boyer; Louis Jourdan
Cinematography	Charles Lawton Jr.
Edited by	William A. Lyon
Music by	Dimitri Tiomkin
Production; company	Stanley Kramer Productions
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date	October 30, 1952 (New York City);
Running time	94 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

The Happy Time is a 1952 American comedy-drama film directed by Richard Fleischer, based on the 1945 novel of the same name by Robert Fontaine, which Samuel A. Taylor turned into a hit play. A boy, played by Bobby Driscoll, comes of age in a close-knit French-Canadian family. The film stars Charles Boyer and Louis Jourdan as his father and uncle respectively. The play was also adapted into a musical in 1967 by composer John Kander, lyricist Fred Ebb, and librettist N. Richard Nash, and starred Robert Goulet.