Is Everybody Happy? (1929 film)

Is Everybody Happy?
theatrical release poster
Directed byArchie Mayo
Written byJoseph Jackson
James A. Starr
De Leon Anthong [titles]
StarringTed Lewis
Ted Todd
Alice Day
Gail Wilson
Ann Pennington
CinematographyBen Reynolds
Edited byDesmond O'Brien
Music byThe Original Dixieland Jazz Band
Harry Akst
W. C. Handy
Ted Lewis
Grant Clarke
Production
company
Distributed byWarner Bros. Pictures
Release date
  • October 19, 1929 (1929-10-19)
Running time
80 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Is Everybody Happy? (1929) is an American sound (All-Talking) pre-Code musical film starring Ted Lewis, Alice Day, Lawrence Grant, Ann Pennington, and Julia Swayne Gordon, directed by Archie Mayo, and released by Warner Bros. Pictures. The music for the film was written by Harry Akst and Grant Clarke, except for "In the Land of Jazz" by J. Keirn Brennan and Ray Perkins, "St. Louis Blues" by W. C. Handy, and "Tiger Rag". The film's title comes from Lewis's catchphrase "Is everybody happy?"