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Is Everybody Happy? (1929) is an American Pre-Code musical film starring Ted Lewis, Alice Day, Lawrence Grant, Ann Pennington, and Julia Swayne Gordon, directed by Archie Mayo, and released by Warner Bros. The music for the film was written by Harry Akst and Grant Clarke, except for "St. Louis Blues" by W. C. Handy and "Tiger Rag". The film's title comes from Lewis's catchphrase "Is everybody happy?"
The film's soundtrack exists on Vitaphone discs preserved at the UCLA Film and Television Archive, but the film itself is considered a lost film, according to the Vitaphone Project website. A five minute clip from the film can be found on YouTube.
Lewis and his orchestra also appeared in a short subject called Is Everybody Happy? (1941), consisting of musical numbers cut from the Abbott and Costello feature film Hold That Ghost (1941) released by Universal Studios. Columbia Pictures released a feature-length biopic of Lewis also titled Is Everybody Happy? (1943).
Original Release
10/19/1929
US Release
10/19/1929
Cast
Name | Character |
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Ted Lewis | Ted Todd |
Alice Day | Gail Wilson |
Ann Pennington | Lena Schmitt |
Lawrence Grant | Victor Molnár |
Julia Swayne Gordon | Mrs. Molnár |
Otto Hoffman | Landlord |
Purnell Pratt | Stage Manager |
Muggsy Spanier | Muggsy Spanier |
Jay Berger | Jay Berger |
Frankie Genardi | Frankie Genardi |
Directors
Writers
Jimmy Starr, Joseph Jackson, De Leon Anthony
Cast
Name | Character |
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Ted Lewis | Ted Todd |
Alice Day | Gail Wilson |
Ann Pennington | Lena Schmitt |
Lawrence Grant | Victor Molnár |
Julia Swayne Gordon | Mrs. Molnár |
Otto Hoffman | Landlord |
Purnell Pratt | Stage Manager |
Muggsy Spanier | Muggsy Spanier |
Jay Berger | Jay Berger |
Frankie Genardi | Frankie Genardi |
Mary Gordon | Neighbor |
Eddie Kane | Nightclub Owner |
Buster Slaven | Ted Todd as a Boy |