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{{short description|1939 film by Wesley Ruggles}}
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'''''Invitation to Happiness''''' is a 1939 American [[drama film]] directed by [[Wesley Ruggles]] and written by [[Claude Binyon]]. The film stars [[Irene Dunne]], [[Fred MacMurray]], [[Charlie Ruggles]], Billy Cook, [[William Collier, Sr.]] and [[Marion Martin]]. The film was released on June 16, 1939, by [[Paramount Pictures]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/79382/Invitation-to-Happiness/ |title=Invitation to Happiness (1939) - Overview |publisher=TCM.com |date=1939-06-08 |accessdateaccess-date=2015-03-12}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Nugent |first=Frank S. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/96714/Invitation-to-Happiness/overview |titlearchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402123530/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/96714/Invitation-to-Happiness/overview |url-status=dead Trailer |archive-date=2015-04-02 Cast|department=Movies -& ShowtimesTV Dept. |work=[[The New York Times]] |publisher=NYTimes.com[[Baseline (database)|Baseline]] & [[All Movie Guide]] |date=2015 |accessdatetitle=Invitation-to-Happiness - Trailer - Cast - Showtimes |access-date=2015-03-12}}</ref>
 
==Plot==
An egotistical boxer romances a rich backer's daughter.
 
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-Rod Crawford
==Cast==
*[[Irene Dunne]] as Eleanor Wayne
*[[Fred MacMurray]] as Albert 'King' Cole
*[[Charlie Ruggles]] as Henry 'Pop' Hardy
*[[Billy Cook (actor)|Billy Cook]] as Albert Cole Jr.
*[[William Collier, Sr.]] as Mr. Wayne
*[[Marion Martin]] as Lola Snow
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*Burr Caruth as Butler
*Eddie Hogan as The Champ
 
==Production credits==
* [[Wesley Ruggles]] - producer, director
* [[Claude Binyon]] - screenplay
* Mark Jerome - story
* [[Leo Tover]] - photography
* [[Farciot Edouart]] - process photography
* [[Hans Dreier]] - art direction
* [[Ernst Fegté]] - art direction
* [[Alma Macrorie]] - editor
* [[Edith Head]] - costumes
* Early Hayman - sound recording
* Richard Olson - sound recording
* A. E. Freudeman - interior decorations
* [[Friedrich Hollaender|Frederick Hollander]] - musical score
 
== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|0031493|Invitation to Happiness}}
 
 
{{Wesley Ruggles}}
 
[[Category:1939 films]]
[[Category:American films]]
[[Category:English-language films]]
[[Category:American drama films]]
[[Category:1930s1939 drama films]]
[[Category:Paramount Pictures films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Wesley Ruggles]]
[[Category:Films scored by Friedrich Hollaender]]
[[Category:American black-and-white films]]
[[Category:1930s English-language films]]
[[Category:1930s American films]]
[[Category:English-language drama films]]