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.

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.

Wearing a dressing gown, Dee Dee runs from their room and hides in the neighboring wedding suite, which is being occupied by Marvin Payne, a World War II army air force veteran trying to make it on a shoe-string with a startup air-freight business.

Soon after, a detective asks Marvin and Bullets if they are carrying a blonde who, along with her middle-aged partner, is wanted for embezzlement.

Near Tulsa, however, a storm hits and Marvin makes an emergency landing in a farm field.

A guilt-ridden Caslon then confesses to Marvin that he is really Chalmers, the embezzler the policeman in Chicago was looking for and that his blonde secretary cajoled him into committing the crime.

As soon as he lands in Burbank, Marvin learns that, because of the unexpected delays and other problems, his airline faces bankruptcy.

The opening animated sequence during the credits at the beginning of the film was done by Walter Lantz and his production company, being well known for famous Universal cartoons like Woody Woodpecker, Chilly Willy, and Andy Panda.

[6] The film was re-released on August 24, 2011, as a stand-alone DVD as part of the Universal Vault Series.