title: The Happy Ending (1925 film)
text: # The Happy Ending (1925 film)
  
  The Happy Ending is a 1925 British silent drama film directed by George A. Cooper and starring Fay Compton, Jack Buchanan and Joan Barry. It was based on a play by Ian Hay. Its plot concerns a father who deserted his family some years before returning home only to find his wife has told his children and neighbours that he died as a hero when he abandoned them. A sound film of the same play The Happy Ending (also featuring Benita Hume) was made in 1931.
  
  ## Cast
  
  * Fay Compton as Mildred Craddock
  * Jack Buchanan as Captain Dale Conway
  * Joan Barry as Molly Craddock
  * Jack Hobbs as Denis Craddock
  * Gladys Jennings as Joan Craddock
  * Eric Lewis as Sir Anthony Fenwick
  * Donald Searle as Harold Bagby
  * Drusilla Wills as Laura Meakin
  * Pat Doyle as The Maid
  * A.G. Poulton as Mr. Moon
  * Benita Hume as Miss Moon
  * Doris Mansell as Phyllis Harding
  