The Happy Time

Charles Boyer, Louis Jourdan, Marsha Hunt, Kurt Kaszner and child star Bobby Driscoll star in this charming coming-of-age story called The Happy Time. Boyer and Hunt are the parents of Bobby, while Louis is an uncle known as a Casanova and Kaszner is another uncle who lives across the street who drinks all day while his wife (Jeanette Nolan) makes the money as a seamstress.

Film of a flavor more than film of script, seductive story about love, family, grow up and eccentric men who influence education of a teenager, it is amusing, serious, a childish game and pure delight. one of films who permits to actors the best way to define , in free style, their art.

The film, about a boy coming of age in a French-Canadian family, is based on a popular stage play. The characters are so well-drawn and the performances so engaging that one hardly notices the less cinematic aspects of the picture.

An unscheduled afternoon's rest put me back in touch with The Happy Time. The film was several minutes into itself, but I recognized a good thing when I saw it again.

The Happy Time (1952) is one of those little darling gems that I had no plan to watch, decided to watch due to the happy tune, knew nothing about, read nothing while watching it so that I would just enjoy it, and now deserves to be shouted from the rooftop, "Everyone should see The Happy Time!!!"The film is set in Ottawa, Canada.

A seductive story about love, hope and joy. fine humor, right acting, interesting cast.

This was one of the last films starring the fabulous actor Bobby Driscoll, no longer as a child but as a teenager and already with a changed voice, exactly the same voice as in 'Peter Pan'. Despite being clearly more grown up here, he is still instantly recognizable.

I saw The Happy Time when it was first released, and I have never had the chance to see it again. Nevertheless, after a half century, I still remember it as a thoroughly delightful experience.

I just wanted to assure Roncee that this movie holds up thru multiple viewngs over decades! For fans of the period-setting, it's a wonderful antidote to the sentimentality of "I Remember Mama," and Kurt Kazner's drunken lout is far more entertaining than Oskar Homolka's curmodgeonly Uncle Chris.