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ComedyRomance

The Happy Time

- "Eet ees magnifique". And it's all about the birds and the bees...and a lot of delightful people.

A violinist and his brother guide one's son through his crush on the family maid in 1920s Ottawa.

Release Date : 1952-10-30

Language :EnglishFrench

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Stanley Kramer ProductionsColumbia Pictures

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Charles Boyer

Character Name : Jacques Bonnard

Original Name : Charles Boyer

Gender : Male

Louis Jourdan

Character Name : Uncle Desmond Bonnard

Original Name : Louis Jourdan

Gender : Male

Marsha Hunt

Character Name : Susan Bonnard

Original Name : Marsha Hunt

Gender : Female

Bobby Driscoll

Character Name : Robert 'Bibi' Bonnard

Original Name : Bobby Driscoll

Gender : Male

Linda Christian

Character Name : Mignonette Chappuis

Original Name : Linda Christian

Gender : Female

Kurt Kasznar

Character Name : Uncle Louis Bonnard

Original Name : Kurt Kasznar

Gender : Male

Marcel Dalio

Character Name : Grandpere Bonnard

Original Name : Marcel Dalio

Gender : Male

Jeanette Nolan

Character Name : Felice Bonnard

Original Name : Jeanette Nolan

Gender : Female

Jack Raine

Character Name : Mr. Frye - School Principal

Original Name : Jack Raine

Gender : Male

Richard Erdman

Character Name : Alfred Grattin

Original Name : Richard Erdman

Gender : Male

Marlene Cameron

Character Name : Peggy O'Hare

Original Name : Marlene Cameron

Gender : Male

Gene Collins

Character Name : Jimmy Bishop

Original Name : Gene Collins

Gender : Male

Annabel Faber

Character Name : Yvonne Bonnard

Original Name : Annabel Faber

Gender : Female

Kathryn Sheldon

Character Name : Miss Tate - Schoolteacher

Original Name : Kathryn Sheldon

Gender : Female

Edward Clark

Character Name : Dr. Marchaud

Original Name : Edward Clark

Gender : Male

Maurice Marsac

Character Name : The Great Gaspari

Original Name : Maurice Marsac

Gender : Male

Will Wright

Character Name : Family Doctor

Original Name : Will Wright

Gender : Male

Eugene Borden

Character Name : Monsieur Lafayette - Grocer

Original Name : Eugene Borden

Gender : Male

Reviews

C

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2024-12-08

Aside from "Treasure Island" (1950) this might be my favourite film featuring the charming Bobby Driscoll. He's the teenage "Robert/Bibi" who is completely oblivious to the affections of his next door neighbour because he only has eyes for the new maid "Mignonette" (Linda Christian). His obsessiveness starts to affect his schoolwork, and when the lovelorn "Peggy" (Marlene Cameron) doctors a rather risqué copy of "Paris Match" and gets him into hot water, things get so serious as to require the intervention of his dad (Charles Boyer) and two uncles (Louis Jourdan and Kurt Kasznar). They question him about the naughty photos and respect his denial whilst also clocking really quite quickly just what is troubling their young charge. Boyer is also on good form here, and I thought Richard Fleischer's amiable direction allowed the deftly adapted script to tell us a story of pubescent love mixed with familial concern and affection and peppered with some lovely, quite witty, observational humour. Driscoll was seventeen or so when he made this, so he probably had some genuine hormones to add to this genuinely quite enjoyable comedic drama. Don't be put off by the rather ropey title track, it's really quite good fun, this.