Happiness (1924)
The adventures of a young shopgirl who learns that having money is not the key to happiness.
- Date of release
- 1924-03-09
- TMDB
- 9.0 / 10 (1)
- Runtime
- 1h 16m
- Genres
- Comedy
- Director
- King Vidor
Casting
- Laurette Taylor — Jenny Wray
- Pat O'Malley — Fermoy MacDonough
- Hedda Hopper — Mrs. Chrystal Pole
- Cyril Chadwick — Philip Chandos
- Edith Yorke — Mrs. Wray
- Patterson Dial — Sallie Perkins
- Joan Standing — Jenny
- Lawrence Grant — Mr. Rosselstein
- Charlotte Mineau — Head Saleslady
Interesting facts
Happiness is a 1924 American silent comedy film directed by King Vidor and starring stage actress Laurette Taylor in one of her rare film appearances. The film is based on the 1914 Broadway play of the same name written by Taylor's husband J. Hartley Manners.
Production
Happiness marked the second and final cinematic collaboration between Vidor and well-known stage actress Laurette Taylor. Based on the one-act play of the same name by Taylor's husband J. Hartley Manners the film adaption was a box office success, due in part to Vidor's personal interest in the theme and Taylor's, restrained performance
Taylor would make one more movie with M-G-M studios in 1924, One Night in Rome, directed by Clarence Badger.
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