The Happy Years
Based on a collection of stories with the focus on young John Humperkink "Dink" Stover, a student at the Lawrenceville Prepatory School, in 1896, whose family, in Eastcester, New York, have just about given up on his education because he is an incorrigible student. He gets into one situation after another and incurs the dislike of his classmates, who think he is cowardly but he changes their opinion when he challenges several of them to a fight. When he returns home for the summer, he meets Miss Dolly Travers and increases his 'hatred of women' because she does not accept his schoolboy pranks. Back at school, in the fall, he is more difficult than ever until his philosophy is changed by a teacher.
Directed by William A. Wellman · Written by Harry Ruskin
Cast
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Dean Stockwell John Humperdink 'Dink' Stover -
Darryl Hickman George 'Tough' McCarty -
Scotty Beckett 'Tennessee' Shad -
Leon Ames Sr. Samuel H. Stover -
Margalo Gillmore Maude Stover -
Leo G. Carroll Mr. Hopkins -
Donn Gift Joshua Montgomery Smead - Danny Mummert "Butsey" White
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Elinor Donahue Connie Brown -
George Chandler Johnny -
Irving Bacon Mr. Conover -
Arthur Space Al
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