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You Gotta Stay Happy (1948)

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Release Date: Oct 28, 1948 Wide

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In this romantic comedy, a wealthy heiress marries hastily and realizes her mistake on her honeymoon in New York. Though it is her wedding night, she decides not to consummate the union and so ends up hiding in the room of a fellow whose airplane cargo company is facing financial ruin. He assumes that the frightened girl is poor and homeless and so takes her in. She then overdoses on sleeping pills and cannot wake up. The fellow is forced to take her back to California. The flight back is

Unrated, 1 hr. 40 min.

Romance, Classics, Comedy

Directed By: H.C. Potter

Written By: Karl Tunberg

In Theaters: Oct 28, 1948 Wide

On DVD: May 26, 1998

Cast

Joan Fontaine
Dee Dee Dillwood
James Stewart
Marvin Payne
Eddie Albert
Bullets Baker
Roland Young
Ralph Tutwiler
Willard Parker
Henry Benson
Percy Kilbride
Mr. Racknell
Porter Hall
Mr. Caslon
Marcy McGuire
Georgia Goodrich
Arthur J. Walsh
Milton Goodrich
William Bakewell
Dick Hebert
Paul Cavanagh
Dr. Blucher
Halliwell Hobbes
Martin
Stanley Prager
Jack Samuels
Mary Forbes
Aunt Martha
Edith Evanson
Mrs. Racknell
Peter Roman
Barnabas
Houseley Stevenson Sr.
Jud Tavis
Emory Parnell
Bank Watchman
Don Kohler
Ted
Bert Conway
Neil
Hal K. Dawson
Night Clerk
Vera Marshe
Mae
Robert Rockwell
Eddie
George Carleton
Portly Man
Hobart Cavanaugh
Bill Clauson
Simon
Frank Darien
Old Man
Fritz Feld
Pierre
Edward Gargan
Detective
Don Garner
Bellhops
Myron Healey
Day Clerk
Arthur Hohl
Cemetery Man
Frank Jenks
Carnival Man
Tiny Jones
Pedestrian
Al Murphy
Mechanic
Beatrice Roberts
Maid
David Sharpe
Motorcycle Rider
Don Shelton
Minister
Harland Tucker
Mr. Thrush
Isabel Withers
Maid
Chief Yowlachie
Indian
William H. O'Brien
Waiter
Donald Dewar
Boy
Hal Malone
Jimmy Dodd
Curly
Frank White
Elevator Operator

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Available on DVD in a five-movie set of James Stewart films.

June 27, 2007 Full Review Source: Apollo Guide

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Dan Jardine

Apollo Guide

The screwball quality and physical humour devolves into a much less interesting sentimental mismatched love story.

June 27, 2007 Full Review Source: Apollo Guide

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Dan Jardine

Apollo Guide

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