Happiness Ahead

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Happiness Ahead

"Pop Goes Your Heart"

1934

1h 26m

6.6(5 votes)

Romance

Music

Comedy

Overview

Society heiress Joan Bradford rebels against her mother's choice of a future husband by masquerading as a working class girl and dating a window washer.

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10 featured cast members

Starring

Dick Powell

Bob Lane

Josephine Hutchinson

Joan Bradford

John Halliday

Henry Bradford

Frank McHugh

Tom

Allen Jenkins

Chuck

Ruth Donnelly

Anna

Dorothy Dare

Josie

Marjorie Gateson

Mrs. Bradford

Gavin Gordon

'Jellie' Travis

Russell Hicks

Jim Meehan

Creative team

Directed by: Mervyn LeRoy
Written by: Harry Sauber
Brian Marlow

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