Is Everybody Happy?
"The Master of Jazz in a Masterpiece of Glorious Entertainment!"
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.
About Is Everybody Happy? (1929)
Released in 1929, Is Everybody Happy? is a comedy, drama and music film from Warner Bros. Pictures (United States of America). It was directed by Archie Mayo and written by Joseph Jackson and Jimmy Starr. The cast is led by Ted Lewis, Alice Day, Ann Pennington, Lawrence Grant and Julia Swayne Gordon. With a runtime of 1h 20m, the film averages 9.0/10 across 1 TMDB ratings.
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