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• HAPPY LAND

  • steve wahl
  • 1/22/11

  It would be great to see HAPPY LAND again.I grew up watching and loving the old black and white movies of the 30's and 40's on tv and I never forgot watching Happy land with Don Ameche,it was a beautiful loving movie which showed the love that parents had for there son who went overseas to protect and fight for us,and how when they learned of there sons lost remembering the wonderful time they had with there son as he grew up and then left for war.it was a picture that expressed what those times were like for parents.It would be nice if TCM would be able to play this movie for all to see,fans of Don Ameche and fans of great movies from that era

• Happy Land - WONDERFUL!

  • Merilee Reske
  • 9/1/10

  PLEASE, PLEASE bring us Happy Land on VHS or DVD - I loved this movie! My father and his boy scout troup had a tiny part in it, and I would love to be able to either record it for him or buy it. Happy Land is a TRUE classic and I would not only recommend it to all, but would love to see it again - and hopefully add it to his collection!

• Bring Back HAPPY LAND

  • Mike
  • 9/24/09

  A true classic of world war 2 homefront movies. I first saw it in 1943 when I was 16 and a few times afterwards. Along with THE HUMAN COMEDY and BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES, HAPPY LAND was a heartwarming depiction of how the War affected the ordinary American family. Don Ameche,as the father of a son killed in action, gives one of his finest performances. Young and "tough" as I was at the time, I cried along with his heartbreak. Bring this movie back, please, if only as a tribute to those who lived through those years.

• The Little Movie That Could

  • Lori Wilcots
  • 9/2/08

  I first saw The Happy Land in 1987 on cable and have never forgotten it. I still have a VHS tape of it and try to tell movie buffs about this touching movie. The part I remember most, and the whole movie is memorable, is when Anton Caverk describes how Rusty died trying to help another sailor, and how he thought quite a bit of Rusty. As Lew and Agnes listen and realize that the way their son was, is just the way they raised him to be. When I first saw the ending, I kept hoping that maybe Rusty wasn't dead after all, but life just doesn't work that way. Great movie!!!!!

• Put Happy Land on DVD!

  • rene
  • 3/26/06

  This is a wonderful film, and is an honest account of a parent dealing with theloss of his only son during wartime. Don Ameche is great. Look for NatalieWood's first screen appearance, as she drops her ice cream cone near the beginning. You also see a young Harry Morgan in this film. I wish the studio would release it on DVD. I have it taped on video from a TV program in the 80's. When will it come back? My tape is wearing out!

• A great movie! Please show it!!!!!

  • Norm
  • 3/17/06

  I used to have this movie on tape from the 80's when I first saw it. Unfortunately it was mistakenly taped over. It is a wonderfully nostalgic movie, the acting is great! I love the post WWII movies that actually dealt with how people felt during and right after the war. This story is believeable and probably happened to many folks that lost loved ones in the war. I don't think everyone was going around hearing their dead grandfather speak to them though! Still, a great movie and I sure wish TCM would show it! PLEASE!!!!!! It is not available on home video of any kind.

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