THIS HAPPY BREED

Cannes Classics

Directed by :: David LEAN

Country:: UNITED KINGDOM

Year:: 1944

Duration:: 114.00 minutes

Synopsis

Noël Coward was the source for this story of a London lower middle-class suburban family in the inter-war years from 1919 to 1939. The finely and wittily observed family feuds unfold against a panorama of public events ranging from the General Strike of 1926 to the outbreak of war itself. Beautifully acted by an ensemble cast and shot in Technicolor, the film was a huge contemporary hit and has lost little of its appeal.

Credits

David LEAN - Director
Noel COWARD - Screenplay
David LEAN - Screenplay
Ronald NEAME - Screenplay
Anthony HAVELOCK-ALLAN - Screenplay
Muir MATHIESON - Music
Clifton PARKER - Music
Ronald NEAME - Director of Photography
Jack HARRIS - Film Editor
C.P. NORMAN - Set Designer

Actors

Robert NEWTON - Frank Gibbons
Celia JOHNSON - Ethel Gibbons
John MILLS - Billy Mitchell
Kay WALSH - Queenie Gibbons
Stanley HOLLOWAY - Bob Mitchell

Contacts and useful links

Production

TWO CITIES FILMS -

Distribution

PARK CIRCUS LIMITED - T : +44 (0)141 58 21 461 - nick@parkcircus.com - www.parkcircus.com

French press

LIPPIN ASSOCIATES / BFI - Debbie Lawrence/Brian Robinson - www.bfi.org.uk

International press

LIPPIN ASSOCIATES/BFI - Debbie Lawrence/Brian Robinson - T : +44 207 957 8940 - brian.robinson@bfi.org.uk - www.bfi.org.uk

Foreign sales

LIPPIN ASSOCIATES/GRANADA INTERNATIONAL - T : +44 (0)844 8813000 - simon.wheeler@granadamedia.com - www.granadamedia.com/international