This Happy Breed (film)

This Happy Breed
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
Release date	1 June 1944;
Running time	115 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Budget	$900,000

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.

[1] "Two Cities Doing New Coward Pic". Variety. 17 February 1943. p. 7.

[2] "Olivier to Produce, Direct, Star in Henry V". Variety. 26 May 1943. p. 17.

[:0-3] 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.

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