This Happy Breed
A chronicle of the lives of the Gibbons family, from shortly after the end of the First World War to the beginning of the Second.
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Title: This Happy Breed Summary: Noël Coward's attempt to show how the ordinary people lived between the wars. Just after World War I, the Gibbons family moves to a nice house in the suburbs. An ordinary sort of life is ... Directed by: David Lean Actors: Robert Newton, Celia Johnson, Amy Veness Production Company: Two Cities Films Release Date: 12 April 1947 (USA) Aspect Ratio: 1.37 : 1 Noël Coward's attempt to show how the ordinary people lived between the wars. Just after World War I, the Gibbons family moves to a nice house in the suburbs. An ordinary sort of life is led by the family through the years with average number of triumphs and disasters until the outbreak of World War II.
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- Director
- David Lean
- Starring
- Robert Newton, Celia Johnson, Amy Veness, Alison Leggatt, Stanley Holloway, John Mills, Kay Walsh, Eileen Erskine
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