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{{Infobox film
| name = As Long as They're Happy
| caption =
| image = As Long as They're Happy FilmPoster.jpeg
| producer = [[Raymond Stross]]
| director = [[J. Lee Thompson]]
| writer = [[Alan Melville (writer)|Alan Melville]]
|based_on = ''[[As Long as They're Happy (play)|As Long as They're Happy]]'' by [[Vernon Sylvaine]]
| starring = [[Jack Buchanan]] <br> [[Janette Scott]] <br> [[Jeannie Carson]] <br> [[Diana Dors]]
| music = [[Stanley Black]]
| cinematography = [[Gilbert Taylor]]
| editing = [[John D. Guthridge]]
| studio = Group Film Productions
| distributor = [[General Film Distributors]]
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|1955|3|15}}
| runtime = 91 minutes
| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
| budget =
| gross =
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'''''As Long as They're Happy''''' is a 1955 British [[musical film|musical]] [[comedy film]] directed by [[J. Lee Thompson]] and starring [[Jack Buchanan]], [[Susan Stephen]] and [[Diana Dors]].<ref>{{cite web|title=As Long As They're Happy(1957)|url=https://movies.yahoo.com/movie/as-long-as-theyre-happy/|publisher=Yahoo movies|accessdate=31 May 2012}}</ref> It is based on the 1953 [[As Long as They're Happy (play)|play of the same name]] by [[Vernon Sylvaine]]. It was shot at [[Pinewood Studios]] near [[London]] with sets designed by the [[art director]] [[Michael Stringer]].

==Plot==

The film is about a US singer named Bobby Denver, who is known as the "Crying Crooner" (a la Johnnie Ray), who stays with a stockbroker's family by mistake when he comes to England. The stockbroker, played by Jack Buchanan, has three very pretty daughters with the youngest Gwen (played by [[Janette Scott]]) madly in love with him so much she wants to marry him. Eventually, the stodgy stockbroker deals with his wife and daughter as well as his maid Linda (played by [[Joan Sims]], who keeps fainting every time Bobby sings) being so infatuated.<ref>{{cite web|title=As Long as They're Happy|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0047841/reviews?ref_=tt_urv}}</ref>

==Cast==
* [[Jack Buchanan]] as John Bentley
* [[Janette Scott]] as Gwen Bentley
* [[Jeannie Carson]] as Pat Bentley
* [[Brenda De Banzie]] as Stella Bentley
* [[Susan Stephen]] as Corinne Bentley
* Jerry Wayne as Bobby Denver
* [[Diana Dors]] as Pearl Delaney
* [[Hugh McDermott (actor)|Hugh McDermott]] as Barnaby Brady
* [[David Hurst]] as Dr. Hermann Schneider
* [[Athene Seyler]] as Mrs. Arbuthnot
* [[Joan Sims]] as Linda
* [[Nigel Green]] as Peter
* [[Dora Bryan]] as May
* [[Gilbert Harding]] as Himself
* [[Joan Hickson]] as Barmaid
* [[Peter Illing]] as French Sergeant
* [[Edie Martin]] as Elderly fan
* [[Hattie Jacques]] as Party girl
* [[Leslie Phillips]] as Box office manager
* [[Ronnie Stevens (actor)|Ronnie Stevens]] as Box intruder
* [[Charles Hawtrey (actor, born 1914)|Charles Hawtrey]] as Teddy boy
* [[Norman Wisdom]] as Norman (uncredited)

==Production==
The film was based on the comedy play by the British writer Vernon Sylvaine which was first staged in 1953 starring Jack Buchanan. It ran at the [[Garrick Theatre]] in the [[West End theatre|West End]] for 370 performances until May 1954. In April 1954 it was announced that Buchanan would appear in the film version; it would be his first starring role in a movie in 14 years.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article140043473 |title=THROUGH THE ARTS—-WITH JOHN HAMPEL |newspaper=[[Barrier Daily Truth]] |volume=XLVI |issue=14,395 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=5 April 1954 |accessdate=28 August 2020 |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> In August it was announced Jeanne Carson would co star.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article248913069 |title=World-wide Film and Theatre News |newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph (Sydney)|The Daily Telegraph]] |volume=XV |issue=39 |location=Sydney |date=15 August 1954 |accessdate=28 August 2020 |page=50 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>

It was Diana Dors second film for J. Lee Thompson.<ref name="bomb">{{cite magazine|first=Stephen|last=Vagg|magazine=Filmink|title=A Tale of Two Blondes: Diana Dors and Belinda Lee|date=September 7, 2020|url=https://www.filmink.com.au/a-tale-of-two-blondes-diana-dors-and-belinda-lee/}}</ref> She was offered the lead but was unable to do it but agreed to play a guest part at £200 a day.<ref>{{cite book|first=Diana|last=Dors|title=Swingin' Dors|year=1960|publisher=World Distributors|page=111}}</ref>

==Reception==
''Variety'' said it would be "expected to register at home."<ref>[https://archive.org/details/variety198-1955-04/page/n5/mode/1up?q=%22lee+thompson%22 Review of film] at ''Variety''</ref>

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0047841|As Long as They're Happy}}

==References==
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