The Happy Ending (1931 film)

{{short description|1931 film}}

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{{Infobox film

| name = The Happy Ending

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| director = Millard Webb

| producer = L'Estrange Fawcett

| based_on = {{based on|The Happy Ending|Ian Hay}}

| writer = Sidney Gilliat
H. Fowler Mear

| narrator =

| starring = George Barraud
Daphne Courtney
Alfred Drayton

| music =

| cinematography = Percy Strong

| editing = R. E. Dearing

| studio = Gaumont British Picture Corporation

| distributor = Gaumont British Distributors

| released = {{Film date|1931|10}}

| runtime = 72 minutes

| country = United Kingdom

| language = English

| budget =

| gross =

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The Happy Ending is a 1931 British drama film directed by Millard Webb and starring George Barraud, Daphne Courtney and Alfred Drayton.[https://web.archive.org/web/20090114085741/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/62464 "Happy Ending (1932)"], British Film Institute web site Its plot concerns a father who deserted his family some years before returning home only to find his wife has told his children and neighbours that he died as a hero when he abandoned them. A silent version, of The Happy Ending had been made in 1925 based on the same play by Ian Hay. It was made at Lime Grove Studios.Wood p.71 The film's sets were designed by Andrew Mazzei.