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Is Everybody Happy? (1929)

Directed by Archie Mayo

Overview

It is the story of Ted Lewis, popular band leader and clarinettist. The music for the film was written by Harry Akst and Grant Clarke, except for “St. Louis Blues” by W. C. Handy and “Tiger Rag”. The film’s title comes from Lewis’s catchphrase “Is everybody happy?” The film’s soundtrack exists on Vitaphone discs preserved at the UCLA Film and Television Archive, but the film itself is considered a lost film, according to the Vitaphone Project website. A five minute clip from the film can be found on YouTube.

Rated NR | Length 80 minutes

Actors

Ted Lewis | Alice Day | Ann Pennington | Lawrence Grant | Julia Swayne Gordon | Otto Hoffman | Purnell Pratt | Muggsy Spanier | Mary Gordon