Happiness Ahead

Society heiress Joan Bradford rebels against her mother's choice of a future husband by masquerading as a working class girl and dating a window washer.

Cast

Dick Powell

as Bob Lane

Josephine Hutchinson

as Joan Bradford

John Halliday

as Henry Bradford

Frank McHugh

as Tom

Allen Jenkins

as Chuck

Ruth Donnelly

as Anna

Dorothy Dare

as Josie

Marjorie Gateson

as Mrs. Bradford

Gavin Gordon

as 'Jellie' Travis

Russell Hicks

as Jim Meehan

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