Tyler Jones What a wonderful thing for this movie finally to be released on DVD! I haven't seen it in over 30 years, but I treasured my memories of it. It was a real treat to see it again. I got to relive adventures with Tough McCarty, Tennessee Shad, Hungry Smead and the White Mountain Canary.This is an excellent family movie, and a great view of Americana at the turn of the century. The cast was very good, and while this will never be a mega-classic like Gone with the Wind, it's worth watching and re-watching.As others have said, the linchpin of the movie is Dink's final conversation with the Old Roman, and it's a great scene.Leo G. Carroll as the crusty Old Roman (aka Latin teacher, also football coach) and a young Dean Stockwell deliver solid performances that make this as lovable classic.***** a funny minor spoiler ****** When I was watching this with my wife, she couldn't figure out why Dink and Tough were going over game plays on the football field at night with nobody else around. I told her, male bonding, it's a guy thing. True in 1896, and true today. ***** end of spoiler *****

Kev11sky Just in case anyone has seen the movie "Enders Game" without reading the book, and/or feels rushed or confused by the psychology and fast growth of young "Ender" as characterized in the movie...Well, this old film from 1950 is excellent.It tells a very similar story about a young man's experiences as a youth in a prep school, in fighting and sports and knowledge.I wonder if Orson Scott Card ever saw this movie.The minimum length for my review is 10 lines of text... working on that. Do I have 10 lines yet? I do believe that brevity is the soul ofwit.

brenda-reed This is my first time watching this movie, which captures the Victorian era, privileged boys of the higher class, their education in reform school because of their bullish personalities. I have to plow snow from our driveway, and once I turned on this movie, I'm still sitting. I encourage anyone to try this movie out today. It should return as a re-write for current year 2011, for American society still deals with bullish type children, and cleary shows, their personalities deserve one another, and shouldn't have these children mixed in with other non-bullish type children. I think this movie if re-written for today, it can benefit society, educating the world, what to do with prank, bullish type children Although, The Happy Years Movie is not entirely about a bull-head punky boy, and his school mates, it's also about how a wonderful teacher gives him and the other boys the proper direction they need in life to grow up into a responsible human being. Please see this movie. You won't be disappointed.

aromatic A perfect movie for the entire family.