You Gotta Stay Happy (1948)
- Starring:
- Joan Fontaine, James Stewart, (more)
- Director(s):
- H.C. Potter
Synopsis of You Gotta Stay Happy
In this romantic comedy, a wealthy heiress marries hastily and realizes her mistake on her honeymoon in New York. Though it is her wedding night, she decides not to consummate the union and so ends up hiding in the room of a fellow whose airplane cargo company is facing financial ruin. He assumes that the frightened girl is poor and homeless and so takes her in. She then overdoses on sleeping pills and cannot wake up. The fellow is forced to take her back to California. The flight back is tumultuous as she, a fugitive criminal, two enamored newlyweds, a cigar smoking chimp, a corpse, and a shipment of lobsters are aboard the plane. Mayhem really ensues when the plane crashes in a farmer's field. By this time, the woman and the fellow have fallen in love. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
Complete Cast of You Gotta Stay Happy
- Joan Fontaine - Dee Dee Dillwood
- Eddie Albert - Bullets Baker
- Willard Parker - Henry Benson
- Porter Hall - Mr. Caslon
- Arthur Walsh - Milton Goodrich
- Paul Cavanagh - Dr. Blucher
- Stanley Prager - Jack Samuels
- Edith Evanson - Mrs. Racknell
- Houseley Stevenson, Sr. - Jud Tavis
- Don Kohler - Ted
- Hal K. Dawson - Night Clerk
- Robert Rockwell - Eddie
- David Sharpe - Motorcycle Rider
- William H. O'Brien - Waiter
- Arthur Hohl - Cemetery Man
- Don Garner - Bellhops
- Fritz Feld - Pierre
- Bill Clauson - Simon
- George Carleton - Portly Man
- Jimmy Dodd - Curly
- Chief Yowlachie - Indian
- Don Shelton - Minister
- Al Murphy - Mechanic
- James Stewart - Marvin Payne
- Roland Young - Ralph Tutwiler
- Percy Kilbride - Mr. Racknell
- Marcy McGuire - Georgia Goodrich
- William Bakewell - Dick Hebert
- Halliwell Hobbes - Martin
- Mary Forbes - Aunt Martha
- Peter Roman - Barnabas
- Emory Parnell - Bank Watchman
- Bert Conway - Neil
- Vera Marshe - Mae
- Frank Jenks - Carnival Man
- Harland Tucker - Mr. Thrush
- Hal Malone
- Myron Healey - Day Clerk
- Edward Gargan - Detective
- Frank Darien - Old Man
- Hobart Cavanaugh
- Frank White - Elevator Operator
- Donald Dewar - Boy
- Isabel Withers - Maid
- Beatrice Roberts - Maid
- Tiny Jones - Pedestrian
- Director(s):
- H.C. Potter
- Writer(s):
- Karl Tunberg
- Producer(s):
- Karl Tunberg
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