Is Everybody Happy? (1929 film)

Is Everybody Happy?
Directed by	Archie Mayo
Written by	Joseph Jackson James A. Starr De Leon Anthong [titles]
Starring	Ted Lewis Ted Todd Alice Day Gail Wilson Ann Pennington
Music by	The Original Dixieland Jazz Band Harry Akst W. C. Handy Ted Lewis Grant Clarke
Cinematography	Ben Reynolds
Edited by	Desmond O'Brien
Production company	Warner Bros.
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release dates	October 19, 1929 (1929-10-19)
Running time	80 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Is Everybody Happy? (1929) is an American Pre-Code musical film starring Ted Lewis, Alice Day, Lawrence Grant, Ann Pennington, and Julia Swayne Gordon, directed by Archie Mayo, and released by Warner Bros. The music for the film was written by Harry Akst and Grant Clarke, except for "St. Louis Blues" by W. C. Handy and "Tiger Rag". The film's title comes from Lewis's catchphrase "Is everybody happy?"

The film's soundtrack exists on Vitaphone discs preserved at the UCLA Film and Television Archive, but the film itself is considered a lost film, according to the Vitaphone Project website. A five minute clip from the film can be found on YouTube.^[1]

Lewis and his orchestra also appeared in a short subject called Is Everybody Happy? (1941), consisting of musical numbers cut from the Abbott and Costello feature film Hold That Ghost (1941) released by Universal Studios. Columbia Pictures released a feature-length biopic of Lewis also titled Is Everybody Happy? (1943).

Cast

Ted Lewis as Ted Todd
Alice Day as Gail Wilson
Ann Pennington as Lena Schmitt
Lawrence Grant as Victor Molnár
Julia Swayne Gordon as Mrs. Molnár
Otto Hoffman as Landlord
Purnell Pratt as Stage Manager
Muggsy Spanier as Himself

Soundtrack

"Wouldn't It Be Wonderful?" - written by Harry Akst, Grant Clarke
"I'm the Medicine Man For the Blues" - written by Harry Akst, Grant Clarke
"Samoa" - written by Harry Akst, Grant Clarke
"New Orleans" - written by Harry Akst, Grant Clarke
"In the Land of Jazz" - written by Harry Akst, Grant Clarke
"Start the Band" - written by Harry Akst, Grant Clarke
"St. Louis Blues" - written by W. C. Handy
"Tiger Rag" - music by Henry Ragas (as H. W. Ragas), Nick LaRocca (as D. J. La Rocca), Larry Shields (as L. Shields), Tony Sbarbaro (as A. Sbarbaro) and Edwin B. Edwards (as E. B. Edwards); lyrics by Harry DeCosta (as Harry Da Costa)

References

Notes

↑ Is Everybody Happy?:Ted Lewis 1929

External links

Films directed by Archie Mayo

Money Talks (1926)
Christine of the Big Tops (1926)
Johnny Get Your Hair Cut (1927)
Dearie (1927)
The College Widow (1927)
State Street Sadie (1928)
Beware of Married Men (1928)
The Crimson City (1928)
On Trial (1928)
My Man (1928)
Sonny Boy (1929)
Is Everybody Happy? (1929)
The Sacred Flame (1929)
Wide Open (1930)
Courage (1930)
Oh Sailor Behave (1930)
The Doorway to Hell (1930)
Illicit (1931)
Svengali (1931)
Bought! (1931)
Under 18 (1931)
Night After Night (1932)
The Life of Jimmy Dolan (1933)
The Mayor of Hell (1933)
Ever in My Heart (1933)
Convention City (1933)
Gambling Lady (1934)
The Man with Two Faces (1934)
Desirable (1934)
Bordertown (1935)
Go Into Your Dance (1935)
The Case of the Lucky Legs (1935)
The Petrified Forest (1936)
I Married a Doctor (1936)
Black Legion (1937)
It's Love I'm After (1937)
The Adventures of Marco Polo (1938)
Youth Takes a Fling (1938)
They Shall Have Music (1939)
The House Across the Bay (1940)
Four Sons (1940)
The Great American Broadcast (1941)
Charley's Aunt (1941)
Confirm or Deny (1941)
Moontide (1942)
Orchestra Wives (1942)
Crash Dive (1943)
Sweet and Low-Down (1944)
A Night in Casablanca (1946)
Angel on My Shoulder (1946)

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