February 10, 2012

Films

Happy Ever After – 1932 | 86 mins | Musical | B&W

Plot Synopsis

Happy Ever After

In May 1932, it was announced that Gaumont would he making a series of quality versions of selected Ufa super-productions. The first of these films was Happy Ever After (1932). This was actually made at the Ufa studios in Germany under the supervision of Erich Pommer, with the British cast travelling out there en bloc, with the exception of Lilian Harvey, who had settled in Germany some years previously and established herself as a major star there. Happy Ever After was made as a multilingual, with French, German (Ein blonder Traum) and English versions all in production. Although the English version had a British cast and was overseen by Robert Stevenson, Gaumont were unable to register it as a British film, which inevitably made it less attractive to exhibitors since it did not qualify for quota purposes.

Jack Hulbert and Sonnie Hale are two window cleaners both called Willie, and both are in love with the same girl whom they help to stardom as a singer.

Production Team

Paul Martin: Director
Robert Stevenson: Director
Günther Rittau: Cinematography
Konstantin Irmen-Tschet: Cinematography
Otto Baecker: Cinematography
Gérard Jacobson: Original Music
Werner R Heymann: Original Music
Erich Pommer: Producer
Walter Reisch: Script
Billy Wilder: Script
Douglas Furber: Script
Jack Hulbert: Script

Cast

Lilian Harvey: Jou-Jou
Jack Hulbert: Willie
Cicely Courtneidge: Ida
Sonnie Hale: Willie
Percy Parsons: Merriman
Clifford Heatherley: Commissionaire
Edward Chapman: Colonel



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