John Humperdink `'Dink'` Stover
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The Happy Years is a 1950 film based on the 1910 novel The Varmint by Owen Johnson. It concerns the adventures of Dink Stover, a boy attending the Lawrenceville School in New Jersey. Robert Wagner made his film debut in a small, uncredited role as Adams, the catcher for Cleve House.
The Happy Years: Directed by William A. Wellman. With Dean Stockwell, Darryl Hickman, Scotty Beckett, Leon Ames. Based on a collection of stories with the focus on young John Humperdink "Dink" Stover, a student at the Lawrenceville Prepatory School, in 1896, whose family, in Eastcester, New York, have just about given up on his education ...
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- Comedy, Family, Romance
- William A. Wellman
- 1950-07-07
In The Happy Years [1950], one of his lesser-known works but often praised as a lost gem, he combines all these talents to create a nostalgic but amusing portrait of a school full of rough-and-tumble boys, not unlike himself in the early 20th century when his wild behavior alarmed his parents and teachers.
- William A. Wellman, Bert Glazer
- Dean Stockwell
Based on a collection of stories with the focus on young John Humperdink "Dink" Stover, a student at the Lawrenceville Prepatory School, in 1896, whose family, in Eastcester, New York, have just about given up on his education because he is an incorrigible student.
After being expelled from both a public school and a prestigious private school, John Humperdink Stover (Dean Stockwell) is given one more chance by his father, and is sent to the...
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- William A. Wellman
- G
- Dean Stockwell
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