Let's Be Happy

Let's Be Happy (1957)

On receiving an inheritance from her grandfather, Canadian Jeannie MacLean decides to visit the family's Scottish roots. On the plane she meets businessman Stanley Smith, and romance blossoms in Edinburgh. The complications begin when Stanley breaks a date with Jeannie to woo voluptuous redhead Helene, and Jeannie is flattered by the attentions of the impoverished Lord McNairn; he's heard about her good fortune, and gallantly offers to show her the city.

Date of release
1957-05-07
TMDB
5.4 / 10 (4)
Runtime
1h 47m
Genres
Music
Director
Henry Levin

Casting

Interesting facts

Let's Be Happy is a Technicolor 1957 British CinemaScope. musical film directed by Henry Levin and starring Tony Martin, Vera-Ellen and Robert Flemyng. It was written by Dorothy Cooper and Diana Morgan The film is an updated remake of Jeannie (1941) which itself was based on the stage play Jeannie by Aimée Stuart.

Production

In 1955 Allied Artists announced it would help finance Jeannie in England.

Location filming took place in Edinburgh and other locations in Scotland, Paris, and Thirlestane Castle which serves as Lord James' country house. It was known in filming as Jeanie.

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