Happy Go Lovely

David Niven plays one of the wealthiest men in Scotland, BG Bruno. His chauffeur is driving around and one day assists a young dancer, Vera Ellen, in getting to rehearsals. When people see her getting out of BG Bruno's car, they assume they are in a relationship and she is promptly given the lead in a new play. Vera Ellen, playing Janet Jones, was formerly a chorus girl and was unaware of what people were saying. Upon finding out why she is being treated differently, she wants to tell the truth, but is persuaded not to by her roommate. BG Bruno also hears word of this and goes to meet Janet to discover what is going on. She mistakes him for a reporter and he ends up going along with it after meeting Janet. They both keep the charade up, which leads to comic moments, including Janet asking BG Bruno, to pretend to be BG Bruno to meet her boss. At the end, a suspected fraudulent check starts bringing everything to a head.This was a fun, light movie, I believe the only negative thing was it did cut in and out a few times.

HAPPY GO LOVELY is a charming musical, filmed in England and set against the backdrop of the Edinburgh Festival. Vera-Ellen, considered the greatest female dancer of her generation (and the best dancer to have been employed at MGM) plays Janet Jones, a young corps dancer in a new musical called "Frolics to You". Thanks to a case of jumping to the wrong conclusion, director Frost (Cesar Romero) believes Janet is the girlfriend of millionaire B.G. Bruno (David Niven). Frost decides to get B.G. to bankroll the musical and put Janet in the starring role. Comedic situations ensue before Janet and B.G. really find love in the final reel.Fans of musicals (and in particular fans of the magnificent Vera-Ellen) will find HAPPY GO LOVELY a wonderful movie experience. Vera-Ellen is showcased in several musical numbers where she displays her unique combination of balletic grace, athleticism and coquettish charm. David Niven and Cesar Romero are great and the supporting cast features top British actors (Gordon Jackson, Bobby Howes and Joyce Carey to name three, but it's fun trying to spot others).Alpha's DVD includes a decent print, perhaps a bit too bright and overexposed at times, but still very watchable

It's cute and happy (and features my favorite dancer Vera-Ellen). The only reason it's not a FIVE STAR is because the video quality is lacking, and there are no closed captions or other special features. Still, I'm glad to own it.

A food clean classic flick. Enjoyable i. That its light hearted and feel food.

Vera-Ellen has fallen off the radar as one of the great film dancers except for the yuletide viewings of White Christmas with Bingo, Danny Kaye and Rosemary Clooney. This is too bad because she was one of the very best and most beautiful. Less musicals were being made when she was in her prime and she didn't get the chance to be in the classics that propelled better known stars. Try "On the Town" with Gene Kelly and Frank Sinatra for one of her best films."Happy Go Lovely" is no classic but it's still a simple and enjoyable experience. Vera-Ellen plays a dancer in a low budget stage show in Scotland who gets the boot from the show for being late for practice. She and her roommate are behind in the rent and dodging the landlady. Through a series of mistaken identities she meets a man who turns out to be a millionaire, the show is saved, they fall in love and all that good stuff. David Niven plays the wealthy man and Cesar Romero is the slimy and less-than-honest show director.There are lots of different copies of this movie about and most of them are grainy and the color washed out. This one is as good a copy as I have seen. Not great but decent enough to enjoy the charms, talent and beauty of Vera-Ellen. She was special.

Vera-Ellen is gorgeous and elegant, and Cesar Romero is amusingly frenetic, and David Niven is the epitome of befuddled charm.Don't get caught up in the details, just enjoy the broad strokes and the gentle comedy of a good stage play that made it to the screen.My less-cynical inner child still finds this kind of story charming and heartwarming.

This is very entertaining film but unfortunately this DVD is of very low quality. It appears to be a standard definition scan of a well worn 16mm print of the film that suffers from multiple splices, long running scratches, plenty of dirt, and poor color (turning red) from age. I recently veiwed a much higher quality version on local broadcast TV. Someone needs to find a better preserved print, clean it first, then scan it with a 4K scanner and restore it digitally removing any remaining blemishes and performing color correction. This classic deserves no less.

This is a very enjoyable musical with plenty of good ballet and dance numbers to make Vera Ellen shine. She and David Niven are quite charming as the principals. The plot is not extremely original, but the mistaken identity routine is played just right, neither too heavily nor too lightly in my opinion. The Technicolor is quite lush, but the claim on the box cover that this transfer was make from a "pristine 35 mm original" is simply bogus. Close-ups are satisfactory, but long shots are very blurry. I'm glad I have this movie, but I really wish someone would find a much better original...or else maybe a better transfer can be engineered. I feel confident that with the progress of technology we'll someday be able to recover a lot more from these blurry old copies.

The edition I purchased from Rarewaves in America said that this was "digitally remastered" -- it's not even close. Colours are washed out, faces in mid or medium shot are blurs. I got this because my mother claims she's in it as a dancer (entirely plausible - it's what she used to do) but from the very first number it was evident I was never going to be able to see her if she was. Luckily, Rarewaves, after initially offering a replacement, admitted that the problem wouldn't be solved by this and refunded my money swiftly, so kudos to them.I guess I'll just have to keep an eye out for this on TV - the version I saw on Talking Pictures TV was much, much better.

There seem to be many releases of this film. I got the Roan DVD. The picture and sound quality is fine, especially for its age. I don't remember being aware of any background hiss during the film (which can get very irritating), although there were a few momentary "blooms".The film itself is a musical romcom (including 3 routines for Vera-Ellen) meets British farce. The plot is endearingly silly(!) and the stars and supporting cast all did an excellent job. I first saw it on TPTV and enjoyed it enough to want it on DVD.

I was looking forward to seeing the movie, however the recording quality is very poor.

I already wrote a review for this but on wrong film ie “happy go lucky”

Unfortunately unable to watch as very poor quality ! Returned and money back straight away including p&p !