Happiness (1917 film)

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Happiness
Happiness (1917 movie).jpg
Directed by Reginald Barker
Written by C. Gardner Sullivan
Starring Enid Bennett
Charles Gunn
Thelma Salter
Distributed by Kay-Bee Pictures
Release date
  • May 1917 (1917-05)
Running time
50 minutes
CountryUnited States
Languages Silent film
English intertitles

Happiness is a 1917 comedy drama feature film written by C. Gardner Sullivan and starring Enid Bennett and Charles Gunn. A rich orphan and heiress played by Bennett is described in the newspapers as "the richest and most snobbish girl in America." [1] She goes to a co-ed college where she is snubbed by students who view her as a snob. A romance develops with a poor student (played by Charles Gunn) who is taking in washing to pay his way through college. A print exists in the Library of Congress collection. [2] [3]

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References

  1. "Strand Theatre advertisement". Providence Journal Sunday Edition. May 13, 1917. Fourth Section.
  2. Happiness at silentera.com database
  3. Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress, by The American Film Institute, c.1978