Let's Be Happy

Let's Be Happy
Directed by	Henry Levin
Produced by	Marcel Hellman
Written by	Dorothy Cooper
Screenplay by	Diana Morgan (screenwriter)
Based on	Jeannie (1940 play) by Aimée Stuart
Starring	Vera-Ellen Tony Martin Robert Flemyng
Music by	Nicholas Brodszky Angela Morley
Cinematography	Erwin Hillier
Edited by	Edward B. Jarvis
Production company	Marcel Hellman Productions
Distributed by	Allied Artists Pictures (USA) Associated British-Pathé (UK)
Release dates	26 May 1957 (1957-05-26)
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Let's Be Happy is a Technicolor 1957 British musical film directed by Henry Levin, written by Dorothy Cooper and Diana Morgan in CinemaScope. This film was an updated remake of Jeannie (1941), starring Barbara Mullen.

This was star Vera-Ellen's last film, she withdrew from public life after the death of her daughter, Victoria Ellen Rothschild.^[1]

Cast

Vera-Ellen as Jeannie (singing voice was dubbed by Joan Small)
Tony Martin as Stanley Smith
Robert Flemyng as Lord James MacNairn
Zena Marshall as Helene
Helen Horton as Sadie Whitelaw
Beckett Bould as Rev. MacDonald
Alfred Burke as French Ticket Clerk
Vernon Greeves as Air Line Steward
Richard Molinas as Bearded Man
Eugene Deckers as Diner Attendant
Russell Waters as Hotel Clerk
Michael Anthony as M. Flor
Jean Cadell as Mrs. Cathie
Charles Carson as Mr. Ferguson
Carl Duering as Customs Inspector
Gordon Jackson as Dougal MacLean
Katherine Kath as Mrs. Fielding
Jock McKay as Elderly Dancer
Guy Middleton as Mr. Fielding
Magda Miller as Mrs. MacTavish
Brian Oulton as Hotel Valet
Eric Pohlmann as Bit part
Peter Sinclair as MacTavish
Brian Sunners as Frenchman
Molly Weir as Flower Girl

References

↑ http://greatentertainersarchives.blogspot.com/2012/12/vera-ellen-later-years.html

External links

Let's Be Happy at the Internet Movie Database
Let's Be Happy at AllMovie
Let's Be Happy at the TCM Movie Database
Let's Be Happy at the American Film Institute Catalog

Films directed by Henry Levin

Cry of the Werewolf (1944)
I Love a Mystery (1945)
Night Editor (1946)
The Devil's Mask (1946)
The Unknown (1946)
The Return of Monte Cristo (1946)
The Guilt of Janet Ames (1947)
The Mating of Millie (1948)
The Man from Colorado (1948)
Mr. Soft Touch (1949)
Jolson Sings Again (1949)
And Baby Makes Three (1949)
The Petty Girl (1950)
Convicted (1950)
The Flying Missile (1950)
Two of a Kind (1951)
The Family Secret (1951)
Belles on Their Toes (1952)
The President's Lady (1953)
The Farmer Takes a Wife (1953)
The Gambler from Natchez (1954)
The Dark Avenger (1955)
Let's Be Happy (1957)
Bernardine (1957)
The Lonely Man (1957)
April Love (1957)
A Nice Little Bank That Should Be Robbed (1958)
Holiday for Lovers (1959)
Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959)
Where the Boys Are (1960)
The Wonders of Aladdin (1961)
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm (1962)
Come Fly with Me (1963)
Honeymoon Hotel (1964)
Genghis Khan (1965)
Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die (1966)
Murderers' Row (1966)
The Ambushers (1967)
The Desperados (1969)
That Man Bolt (1973)
Run for the Roses (1977)
The Treasure Seekers (1979)
Scout's Honor (1980)

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