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This Happy Breed (1944)

PG 05/28/1944 Drama 1h 55m
71%
User
Score
7.3/10
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A Sweeping Panorama of Living

Overview

In 1919, Frank Gibbons returns home from army duty and moves into a middle-class row house in the suburbs, bringing with him wife Ethel, carping mother-in-law Mrs. Flint, sister-in-law Sylvia and three children. Years pass, with the daily routine of family infighting and reconciliation occasionally broken by a strike or a festival, and even another World War.

David Lean

Director

Ronald Neame

Screenplay

Anthony Havelock-Allan

Screenplay

Top Billed Cast

Robert Newton

Robert Newton

Frank Gibbons

Celia Johnson

Celia Johnson

Ethel Gibbons

Amy Veness

Amy Veness

Mrs. Flint

Alison Leggatt

Alison Leggatt

Aunt Sylvia

Stanley Holloway

Stanley Holloway

Bob Mitchell

John Mills

John Mills

Billy Mitchell

Kay Walsh

Kay Walsh

Queenie Gibbons

Eileen Erskine

Eileen Erskine

Vi Gibbons

John Blythe

John Blythe

Reg Gibbons

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Media

This Happy Breed (1944) ORIGINAL TRAILER [HD 1080p]

This Happy Breed (1944) ORIGINAL TRAILER [HD 1080p]

British Film - This Happy Breed (1944) Clip 1

British Film - This Happy Breed (1944) Clip 1

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written on June 30, 2022

This gently entertaining film follows the trials and tribulations of the "Gibbons" family - mum, "Ethel" (Celia Johnson), dad "Frank" (Robert Newton), daughters "Queenie" (Kay Walsh), "Vi" (Eileen Erskine) and their son "Reg" (John Blythe) alongside her mother "Mrs. Flint" (Amy Veness), who not untypically lodged with them too. There's is a simple enough life, contentedly living in a newly built suburbia with a garden, whilst their children grow to adulthood - going through the daily motions and routines familiar to all. To a large extent, that's what gives the film much of to charming potency. Each character has a storyline of their own, and the episodic nature of their evolution takes them through the stages of their developing lives succinctly. Tragedy strikes as often as happiness, but...

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