The Happy Years

(1950)

110 minutes

Comedy / Romance

Directed by

Cast:

Dean Stockwell as John Humperdink 'Dink' Stover 
Darryl Hickman as Tough McCarty 
Scotty Beckett as Tennessee Shad 
Leon Ames as Samuel H. Stover Sr. 
Margalo Gillmore as Maude Stover 
Leo G. Carroll as The Old Roman 
Donn Gift as Big Man aka Hungry Smead 
Peter M. Thompson as Samuel 'Sambo' H. Stover Jr. 
Jerry Mickelsen as Cheyenne Baxter 
Alan Dinehart III as Coffee Colored Angel 
David Bair as White Mountain Canary 
Danny Mummert as Butsey White 
Eddie LeRoy as Polar Beckstein 
George Chandler as Johnny 
Claudia Barrett as Miss Dolly Travers 

The Happy Years trailer

The film centers on a group of stories during 1896, fixated on John Humperkink 'Dink' Stover, a student at the Lawrenceville Prepatory School. His family is from Eastcester, New York whom are not happy with him since he has turned out to be an irresponsible student.  He keeps running into problems and none of his classmates are fond of him, for they think he is weak. He soon gets their approval after confronting them. After returning to school from the summer break, he meets a teacher who changes his way of thinking.