This Happy Breed

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This Happy Breed is a 1944 British drama film directed by David Lean, adapted from Noël Coward’s play about the lives of a lower-middle-class London family between World War I and World War II.

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This Happy Breed (1944 film) 2
The Ladykillers 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British film
drama film
film
adaptationOf stage play
basedOn This Happy Breed (play) NERFINISHED
cinematographyBy Ronald Neame NERFINISHED
colorProcess Three-strip Technicolor NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
depictsEvent General Strike of 1926 NERFINISHED
World War I aftermath
outbreak of World War II
rise of fascism in Europe
director David Lean NERFINISHED
distributor General Film Distributors NERFINISHED
editor Jack Harris NERFINISHED
filmingLocation Denham Film Studios NERFINISHED
format Technicolor NERFINISHED
genre drama
language English
mainCharacterFamilyName Gibbons NERFINISHED
medium feature film
musicBy Noël Coward NERFINISHED
Richard Addinsell NERFINISHED
narrativeFocus lower-middle-class family life
originalWorkLanguage English
partOfFilmographyOf David Lean NERFINISHED
playwrightOfSourceWork Noël Coward NERFINISHED
producer Anthony Havelock-Allan NERFINISHED
David Lean NERFINISHED
Noël Coward NERFINISHED
productionCompany Cineguild NERFINISHED
releaseDate 1944-06-21
releaseYear 1944
runtimeMinutes 111
screenwriter Anthony Havelock-Allan NERFINISHED
David Lean NERFINISHED
Ronald Neame NERFINISHED
setInCity London NERFINISHED
setInCountry United Kingdom NERFINISHED
setInPeriod interwar period
stars Alison Leggatt NERFINISHED
Celia Johnson NERFINISHED
Eileen Erskine NERFINISHED
Guy Verney NERFINISHED
John Blythe NERFINISHED
John Mills NERFINISHED
Kay Walsh NERFINISHED
Robert Newton NERFINISHED
Stanley Holloway NERFINISHED

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Celia Johnson notableWork This Happy Breed
Celia Johnson portrayedIn This Happy Breed
Sir Michael Balcon notableWork This Happy Breed
subject surface form: Michael Balcon
this entity surface form: The Ladykillers
David Lean notableWork This Happy Breed
Alec Clunes notableWork This Happy Breed
Two Cities Films produced This Happy Breed
Robert Newton notableWork This Happy Breed
this entity surface form: This Happy Breed (1944 film)
Stanley Holloway notableWork This Happy Breed
Denham Film Studios producedWork This Happy Breed
this entity surface form: This Happy Breed (1944 film)
John Mills notableWork This Happy Breed