Happy Days Are Here Again (film)
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Happy Days Are Here Again is a 1936 British
musical
drama film
directed by Norman Lee
and starring Renee Houston
, Billie Houston and Shirley Houston. A pair of sisters have ambitions to take to the stage when they realise they're parents act is finished. It was also known as Stage Folk and Variety Follies.
Cinema of the United Kingdom
The United Kingdom has had a major influence on modern cinema. The first moving pictures developed on celluloid film were made in Hyde Park, London in 1889 by William Friese Greene, a British inventor, who patented the process in 1890. It is generally regarded that the British film industry...
musical
Musical film
The musical film is a film genre in which songs sung by the characters are interwoven into the narrative, sometimes accompanied by dancing. The songs usually advance the plot or develop the film's characters, though in some cases they serve merely as breaks in the storyline, often as elaborate...
drama film
Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
directed by Norman Lee
Norman Lee
-Selected filmography:Director* The Streets of London * Strip, Strip, Hooray * The Pride of the Force * The Outcast * Doctor's Orders * Spring in the Air * A Political Party...
and starring Renee Houston
Renee Houston
Renée Houston was a Scottish comedy actor and revue artist who appeared in television and film roles.Born in Johnstone, Renfrewshire, as Katherina Houston Gibbin, she toured music halls and revue with her sister Billie Houston as the Houston Sisters.In 1926, the sisters made a short musical film,...
, Billie Houston and Shirley Houston. A pair of sisters have ambitions to take to the stage when they realise they're parents act is finished. It was also known as Stage Folk and Variety Follies.
Cast
- Renee HoustonRenee HoustonRenée Houston was a Scottish comedy actor and revue artist who appeared in television and film roles.Born in Johnstone, Renfrewshire, as Katherina Houston Gibbin, she toured music halls and revue with her sister Billie Houston as the Houston Sisters.In 1926, the sisters made a short musical film,...
... Kitty Seymour - Billie Houston ... Mickey Seymour
- Shirley Houston ... Nita
- Harry MiltonHarry MiltonHarry Terry Milton is an English professional footballer, who plays for Aveley on loan from Milton Keynes Dons.-Career:...
... Chris - Billy Watts ... Reg Jarvis
- George HarrisGeorge HarrisGeorge Harris may refer to:*George Harris, 1st Baron Harris , British general*George Prideaux Robert Harris , Australian naturalist*George Harris , English Unitarian minister in Scotland...
... Brainwave - Viola ComptonViola ComptonViola Compton was a British film actress. She was the sister of the writer Compton MacKenzie and the actor Francis Compton.-Selected filmography:* Polly of the Circus * Compromising Daphne * Third Time Lucky...
... Lil Grayson - Sally McBride ... Ella
- Mark StoneMark StoneMark Stone may refer to:* Mark Stone , baritone* Mark Stone , bass guitarist for "Mammoth", 1972–1974* Mark Stone , fictional character* Mark Kennedy , also known as Mark Stone...
... Alf - Ida Barr ... Girlie