- Release Date: 1951
- Runtime: 97 min
- Genre: Comedy, Musical, Romance
- Starring: David Niven, Vera-Ellen, Cesar Romero, Bobby Howes ... see all
- Director: H. Bruce Humberstone
- Plot: B.G. Bruno, a rich bachelor, the head of a successful greeting-card company in Scotland, is essentially a kind man but respectable to the point of stodginess and extreme stuffiness. An... Read more
User Reviews
An enjoyable time watching
Jul 21, 2008
jacob-chiong - imdb.com
Jul 21, 2008jacob-chiong - imdb.com
I find this movie very enjoyable. The plot is simple and easily digestible, the humour is light and clean, and because the storyline involving mistaken identity is quite common, I find myself looking forward to how this movie flesh this story... Full review
Happy Go Lovely is a highly amusing British musical comedy
Aug 10, 2007
tavm - imdb.com
Aug 10, 2007tavm - imdb.com
A few years ago, I bought several $1 DVD's that contained two movies each. One of them had Three Broadway Girls (an alternate title for The Greeks Had a Word for Them) and this one, Happy Go Lovely. It's basically a... Full review
Waste of time and talent
Jul 28, 2007
April Glaspie - imdb.com
Jul 28, 2007April Glaspie - imdb.com
Happy Go Lovely is a waste of everybody's time and talent including the audience. The lightness of the old-hat mistaken identity and faux scandal plot lines is eminently forgivable. Very few people watched these movies for their plots. But, they usually... Full review
Harmless fluff but the plot is old hat...
Apr 27, 2007
Neil Doyle - imdb.com
Apr 27, 2007Neil Doyle - imdb.com
Any movie that gives me a chance to watch VERA-ELLEN dance is worth giving it a view, in my opinion--so I watched this little musical comedy pairing her with charming David NIVEN. It's the old mistaken identity theme played to the... Full review
Great movie to watch when you're having a crappy day
Mar 22, 2007
rooprect - imdb.com
Mar 22, 2007rooprect - imdb.com
I was having just about the worst day of my life. Then I stumbled on this cute film, watched it, and now I'm ready to go out & kiss a streetlamp. I have to admit, I only watched it for 2... Full review
Getting By With Charm
Apr 07, 2006
bkoganbing - imdb.com
Apr 07, 2006bkoganbing - imdb.com
I don't think any player in Hollywood history lasted as long as David Niven did given most of the weak films he had to carry by dint of his incredible charm. He could act, got an Oscar for it, but most... Full review
Bobby Howes should have sued.
May 29, 2005
F Gwynplaine MacIntyre - imdb.com
May 29, 2005F Gwynplaine MacIntyre - imdb.com
The oddly-named Vera-Ellen was to movie dancing what Sonja Henie was to movie ice-skating: blonde, girlish, always delightful to watch, but not an especially good actress and usually lumbered with weak material. When I watch Vera-Ellen's sexy apache dance with Gene... Full review
quite charming
Jan 28, 2005
rlundahl9 - imdb.com
Jan 28, 2005rlundahl9 - imdb.com
endearing tale........ voted ten against all averages for my age and sex... not all that much comedy (compared to a i almost wet myself movie) although funny enough. not a fan of musicals at all so probably a little too much... Full review
David Niven and Cast Charming in Love Story / Musical
Mar 28, 2001
Clark Johnson - imdb.com
Mar 28, 2001Clark Johnson - imdb.com
David Niven et al are charming in this tale involving the confused identity of Niven's character. The love story and humor were more interesting to me than the musical aspects which seemed rather weak except for Vera-Ellen's dancing talent. Depending on... Full review
Critics Reviews
MTV.com
Ostensibly a musical, Happy Go Lovely is limited to two songs, though both are performed con brio by the fabulous Vera-Ellen. ... Full Review
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Happy Go Lovely 1/12 (1951)
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