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This Happy Breed

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This Happy Breed (1947)

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Runtime: 1 hr 50 mins

Genre: Dramas

Synopsis: Based on Noel Coward's play, THIS HAPPY BREED follows the ups and downs of the large, British, lower-class Gibbons family during the transitional period between the two world wars (1919 - 1939).... Based on Noel Coward's play, THIS HAPPY BREED follows the ups and downs of the large, British, lower-class Gibbons family during the transitional period between the two world wars (1919 - 1939). Although the clan endures such hardships as class strife and labor conflicts, these troubles are balanced by the joys and triumphs that being part of a loving family can bring. [More]

Starring: Robert Newton, Celia Johnson, John Mills, Kay Walsh

Starring: Robert Newton, Celia Johnson, John Mills, Kay Walsh, Stanley Holloway

Director: David Lean

Director: David Lean
Screenwriter: David Lean, Anthony Havelock-Allan, Ronald Neame

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A toff propagandist's England, of course. But once you've got over its peculiar patrician tones and bitty structure, there's much to enjoy.

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Though Lean and Coward are less happy here than in the brittle, refined atmosphere of Brief Encounter, their adventurous excursion into suburban Clapham remains endlessly fascinating.

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If it doesn't bore you to death with its contrived melodramatics then maybe its decorative historical background might catch your interest.

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This is an immensely charming movie, with many tears and many moments of warmth.

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