| This Happy Breed | |
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| Directed by | David Lean |
| Written by | David Lean Anthony Havelock-Allan Ronald Neame |
| Based on | This Happy Breed by Noël Coward |
| Produced by | Noël Coward |
| Starring | Robert Newton Celia Johnson Stanley Holloway John Mills |
| Cinematography | Ronald Neame |
| Edited by | Jack Harris |
| Music by | Muir Mathieson Clifton Parker |
| Distributed by | Eagle-Lion Distributors Limited |
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Running time | 115 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $900,000[1][2] |
This Happy Breed is a 1944 British Technicolor drama film directed by David Lean and starring Robert Newton, Celia Johnson, Stanley Holloway and John Mills. The screenplay by Lean (who also made his screenwriting debut), Anthony Havelock-Allan and Ronald Neame is based on the 1939 play This Happy Breed, by Noël Coward. It tells the story of an inter-war suburban London family, set against the backdrop of what were then recent news events, moving from the postwar era of the 1920s to the inevitability of another war, and the passing of the torch from one generation to the next. Domestic triumphs and tragedies play against such transformative changes as the coming of household radio and talking pictures. The film was not released in the United States until April 1947.[3]
- ^ "Two Cities Doing New Coward Pic". Variety. 17 February 1943. p. 7.
- ^ "Olivier to Produce, Direct, Star in Henry V". Variety. 26 May 1943. p. 17.
- ^ Crowther, Bosley (14 April 1947). "' This Happy Breed' Pictures Charm of Life in Family of English Middle Class -- Shown at Little Carnegie". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 16 January 2022.