Cry for Happy
"You'll cry for happy, happy, happy when four U.S. sailors take over a geisha house...geisha girls and all !"
Synopsis
Army photographers on leave in Japan take over a geisha house.
Principal Cast8

Glenn Ford
Andy Cyphers

Donald O'Connor
Murray Prince

James Shigeta
Suzuki

Miiko Taka
Chiyoko

Miyoshi Umeki
Harue

Michi Kobi
Harakichi

Howard St. John
Vice Adm. Junius B. Bennett

Joe Flynn
John McIntosh
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Director

George Marshall
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Reviews1
Just after the end of WWII, a team of American naval photographers lodge in a Japanese geisha house. Led by Glenn Ford ("Andy") they have some light-hearted adventures as, aided by Donald O'Connor's "Price", the sailors learn a little of the culture of their hostesses and more about their tradition (i.e. they are not hookers). Simultaneously, they must try to avoid their bosses jumping to any inaccurate conclusions - even if that means pretending that they are really running an orphanage! It's a bit of a one joke film, this; O'Connor really doesn't look like he wants to be there at all and though it does have flashes of humour, I just felt they were too few and far between in this colourful and friendly, but otherwise quite sluggish, drama.
Aug 31, 2025
























