This Happy Breed is a film directed by David Lean , released in 1944 . Screen adaptation of the play of the same name by Noel Coward (1939). In 1947, the tape received an award from the National Council of Film Critics of the United States for Best Actress (Celia Johnson) [1] .
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| Genre | drama |
| Producer | David lin |
| Producer | Noel Coward |
| Author script | Noël Coward (play) David lin Ronald Nimes Anthony Havelock-Allan |
| In the main cast | Robert Newton Celia Johnson |
| Operator | Ronald Nimes |
| Composer | Muir Matheson Clifton Parker |
| Film company | Noel Coward-Cineguild, Two Cities Films |
| Duration | 114 minutes |
| Budget | 200 thousand £ |
| A country |  United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Year | 1944 |
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Content
- 1 plot
- 2 Cast
- 3 Notes
- 4 References
Story
The film shows the story of the Gibbons family, ordinary Britons, for twenty years, from 1919 to 1939. The action begins immediately after the end of the First World War, when Frank Gibbons, who returned home after four years of trench life, decides to move his family to a more spacious house in a suburb of London. Here, each member of a large family will find their own corner, here will pass two decades of their life, filled with events, both joyful and sad ...
Cast
- Robert Newton - Frank Gibbons
- Celia Johnson - Ethel Gibbons, Frank's Wife
- Amy Winness - Mrs. Flint, Ethel Mother
- Alison Leggatt - Aunt Sylvia, Frank's sister
- Stanley Holloway - Bob Mitchell, Gibbons Neighbor
- John Mills - Billy Mitchell, son of Bob
- Kay Walsh - Queenie Gibbons, daughter of Frank and Ethel, subsequently wife of Billy
- Eileen Erskine - Wye Gibbons, daughter of Frank and Ethel
- John Blythe - Reg Gibbons, son of Frank and Ethel
- Guy Verney - Sam Leadbitter, Wai's husband
- Betty Fleetwood - Phyllis Blake
- Merle Tottenham Hotspur - Edie, Gibbons Servant
- Laurence Olivier - narrator
Notes
- ↑ 1947 Award Winners . Official website of the US National Board of Review . Date of treatment March 23, 2015.
Links
- Smith Nehme F. This Happy Breed: Home Truths // Criterion Collection . - March 27, 2012.