As Long as They're Happy ( As Long as They Are Happy )

As Long as They're Happy (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: As Long as They Are Happy
Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Spanish ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Spanish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Spain ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
91 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1955 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
J. Lee Thompson

Written By:
Alan Melville
Vernon Sylvaine

Actors:
Jack Buchanan ..... John Bentley
Janette Scott ..... Gwen Bentley
Jeannie Carson ..... Pat Bentley
Brenda De Banzie ..... Stella Bentley
Susan Stephen ..... Corinne Bentley
Jerry Wayne ..... Bobby Denver
Diana Dors ..... Pearl Delaney
Hugh McDermott ..... Barnaby Brady
David Hurst ..... Dr. Hermann Schneider
Athene Seyler ..... Mrs. Arbuthnot
Joan Sims ..... Linda
Nigel Green ..... Peter
Dora Bryan ..... May
Gilbert Harding ..... Himself
Joan Hickson ..... Barmaid

Synopsis:

As Long as They're Happy can be described as a romantic comedy with song-and-dance interludes. Adapted from the London stage hit of the same name, the film stars Jack Buchanan as stockbroker John Bentley, whose household is thrown into a tizzy when popular singing star Bobby Denver (Jerry Wayne) visits his home. Bentley's three daughters Gwen (Janette Scott), Pat (Jeannie Carson) and Corinne (Susan Stephen) are immediately smitten by Bobby, though each reacts to his presence in a different manner. Mrs. Bentley (Brenda de Banzie), hoping to loosen up her staid hubby, pretends to be likewise enamored with the singer. The film did the most amount of good for recording artist Jeannie Carson, who landed her own American TV sitcom as a result of her appearance herein. Also well cast in As Long as They're Happy are sex-symbol Diana Dors in an extended cameo role, and 'Carry On' regular Joan Sims as a comic maid.

The suburban peace of the Bentley household is shattered when John Bentley is informed by his wife Stella that their two married daughters, Pat and Corrine are in trouble and need funds to come home and bring their husbands, Peter, a penniless Parisian artist and Barnaby, a Texas cowboy, with them. And the youngest daughter, Gwen, has tricked an American singer, Bobby Denver, into visiting them on the pretext that it is the home of a noted British film magnate. When all the women in the household --- including the maid --- fall for the singer's charms, Bentley consults a crackpot psychiatrist, Dr. Schneider, who almost succeeds in ousting, not the singer, but Bentley's wife, with his advice to Bentley to make her jealous by living it up with Pearl, a showgirl recruited for the purpose.

A stockbroker's youngest daughter tricks an American singer into visiting her family at their suburban Wimbledon home. Her two sisters and their oddball husbands also visit and the stockbroker notes the effect of the singer on his lovelorn family.

This product was added to our catalog on Friday 03 December, 2010.

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