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Invitation to Happiness

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Calorie Rating: 136
Released: 1939-06-07
Running Time: 97 Minutes
Studios: Paramount Pictures,

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An egotistical boxer romances a rich backer's daughter.

Director / Directors

Wesley Ruggles

Director

Cast

Irene Dunne

Character: Eleanor Wayne

Fred MacMurray

Character: Albert 'King' Cole

Charles Ruggles

Character: Henry 'Pop' Hardy

Billy Cook

Character: Albert Cole Jr.

William Collier Sr.

Character: Mr. Wayne

Marion Martin

Character: Lola Snow

Oscar O'Shea

Character: Divorce Judge

Burr Caruth

Character: Butler

Doodles Weaver

Character: Band Leader / Emcee at Harry's

Eddie Hogan

Character: The Champ

Virginia Brissac

Character: Eleanor's Nurse (uncredited)

Joe Caits

Character: Man in Office (uncredited)

Wheaton Chambers

Character: Reporter (uncredited)

Russ Clark

Character: Referee (uncredited)

Heinie Conklin

Character: Joe, the Cook (uncredited)

Joe Cunningham

Character: Announcer (uncredited)

Bob Evans

Character: Galliette (uncredited)

Jerry Fletcher

Character: Reporter (uncredited)

Joseph Franz

Character: Reporter (uncredited)

Jack Gargan

Character: Reporter (uncredited)

Mack Gray

Character: Usher (uncredited)

Dorothy Hack

Character: Infant (uncredited)

Hank Hankison

Character: Fighter (uncredited)

Tom Hanlon

Character: Voice of Radio Fight Announcer

Harry Hayden

Character: Reporter (uncredited)

John Indrisano

Character: Referee (uncredited)

Gordon Jones

Character: Dutch Arnold (uncredited)

Jack Knoche

Character: Reporter (uncredited)

Bill Knudsen

Character: Attendant (uncredited)

Don Latorre

Character: Youth (uncredited)

Myra Marsh

Character: Maternity Nurse (uncredited)

Lee Moore

Character: Headwaiter (uncredited)

William Newell

Character: Waiter (uncredited)

William T. Orr

Character: Bellboy (uncredited)

Franklin Parker

Character: Reporter (uncredited)

Charles Randolph

Character: Referee (uncredited)

Cyril Ring

Character: Reporter at Fight (uncredited)

Jack Roper

Character: Scat (uncredited)

Robert R. Stephenson

Character: Reporter (uncredited)

Emerson Treacy

Character: Photographer (uncredited)

Guy Usher

Character: Spectator (uncredited)

Harry Wilson

Character: Man at Nightclub Entrance (uncredited)

Allen Wood

Character: Youth (uncredited)

Production and Crew

Ernst Fegté

Art Direction

Claude Binyon

Screenplay

Friedrich Hollaender

Original Music Composer

Hans Dreier

Art Direction

Edith Head

Costume Design

Alma Macrorie

Editor

Mark Jerome

Story

Wesley Ruggles

Producer

Leo Tover

Director of Photography