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Happy Land is a american film of genre Drama directed by Irving Pichel released in USA on 10 november 1943 with Don Ameche
Happy Land (1943)
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Add to a movie listHappy Land (1943) is a film directed by Irving Pichel and starring Don Ameche. It was based on the 1943 novel of the same name by MacKinlay Kantor.
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While at a luncheon with his wife, Lew Marsh receives a message that his only beloved son Rusty has been killed in action. Lew, a third generation pharmacist in the small town of Hartfield, Iowa, is beside himself with grief, and beyond consolation from reverend Wood and his wife, Agnes. Because of the grief he neglects his duties at the pharmacy and isolates himself.Actors
Don Ameche
(Lew Marsh)
Frances Dee
(Agnes Marsh)
Harry Carey
(Edward "Gramp" Marsh)
Ann Rutherford
(Lenore Prentiss)
Cara Williams
(Gretchen Barry)
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