---
title: 'You Gotta Stay Happy (1948)'
type: 'film'
director: 'H. C. Potter'
released: '1948-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 100
genres:
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/you-gotta-stay-happy-1948'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0040982/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# You Gotta Stay Happy (1948)

1948 · 100 min · Romance · United States


## Synopsis

You Gotta Stay Happy is a 1948 American romantic comedy film directed by H.C. Potter and starring Joan Fontaine, James Stewart and Eddie Albert. It was distributed by Universal-International and produced by Karl Tunberg. The film was written by Karl Tunberg and Robert Carson and was released on November 4, 1948. The story tells of a marital ruckus that causes pilot Marvin Payne to become enmeshed in the world of New York heiress Miss Diana Dillwood.

## Credits

- **Director:** [H. C. Potter](https://cinepixo.com/people/h-c-potter)
- **Screenplay:** [Karl Tunberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/karl-tunberg)
- **Producer:** [Karl Tunberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/karl-tunberg)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Daniele Amfitheatrof](https://cinepixo.com/people/daniele-amfitheatrof)
- **Director of Photography:** [Russell Metty](https://cinepixo.com/people/russell-metty)
- **Editor:** [Paul Weatherwax](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-weatherwax)

## Cast

- [William Bakewell](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-bakewell)
- [Houseley Stevenson](https://cinepixo.com/people/houseley-stevenson)
- [Willard Parker](https://cinepixo.com/people/willard-parker)
- [Joan Fontaine](https://cinepixo.com/people/joan-fontaine)
- [Edward Gargan](https://cinepixo.com/people/edward-gargan)
- [Halliwell Hobbes](https://cinepixo.com/people/halliwell-hobbes)
- [Porter Hall](https://cinepixo.com/people/porter-hall)
- [Roland Young](https://cinepixo.com/people/roland-young)
- [Paul Cavanagh](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-cavanagh)
- [Eddie Albert](https://cinepixo.com/people/eddie-albert)
- [Percy Kilbride](https://cinepixo.com/people/percy-kilbride)
- [James Stewart](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-stewart)
- [Fritz Feld](https://cinepixo.com/people/fritz-feld)

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