This Happy Breed (1944)
In 1919, Frank Gibbons returns home from army duty and moves into a middle-class row house, 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.
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Robert Newton
as Frank Gibbons
as Frank Gibbons
Celia Johnson
as Ethel Gibbons
as Ethel Gibbons
Amy Veness
as Mrs. Flint
as Mrs. Flint
Alison Leggatt
as Aunt Sylvia
as Aunt Sylvia
Stanley Holloway
as Bob Mitchell
as Bob Mitchell
John Mills
as Billy Mitchell
as Billy Mitchell
Kay Walsh
as Queenie Gibbons
as Queenie Gibbons
Eileen Erskine
as Vi Gibbons
as Vi Gibbons
John Blythe
as Reg Gibbons
as Reg Gibbons
Guy Verney
as Sam Leadbitter
as Sam Leadbitter
Betty Fleetwood
as Phyllis Blake
as Phyllis Blake
Merle Tottenham
as Edie
as Edie
Mabel Etherington
as Woman in Crowd
as Woman in Crowd
Jack May
as Mourner
as Mourner
Laurence Olivier
as Narrator (voice)
as Narrator (voice)
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David Lean
Director
Director
Noël Coward
Theatre Play
Theatre Play
Noël Coward
Producer
Producer
C.P. Norman
Art Direction
Art Direction
Guy Green
Camera Operator
Camera Operator
W. Percy Day
Special Effects
Special Effects
C. C. Stevens
Sound Recordist
Sound Recordist
Ronald Neame
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
Jack Harris
Editor
Editor
Muir Mathieson
Music Director
Music Director
John Cook
Sound Recordist
Sound Recordist
Desmond Dew
Sound Recordist
Sound Recordist
Tony Sforzini
Makeup Artist
Makeup Artist
Hilda Collins
Wardrobe Supervisor
Wardrobe Supervisor
Charles Staffell
Projection
Projection
Ronald Neame
Associate Producer
Associate Producer
David Lytton
Clapper Loader
Clapper Loader
Arthur Lawson
Assistant Art Director
Assistant Art Director
Robert C. Foord
Assistant Production Manager
Assistant Production Manager
Eugene H.E. Pizey
Still Photographer
Still Photographer
Jack Martin
Production Manager
Production Manager
Marjorie Whittle
Assistant Hairstylist
Assistant Hairstylist
Dennis Bartlett
Clapper Loader
Clapper Loader
Vivienne Walker
Hairdresser
Hairdresser
Anthony Hearne
Third Assistant Director
Third Assistant Director
Norah Walsh
Assistant Editor
Assistant Editor
George Minassian
Focus Puller
Focus Puller
Harold Hurdell
Draughtsman
Draughtsman
George Blackwell
Special Effects
Special Effects
Muir Mathieson
Original Music Composer
Original Music Composer
Muir Mathieson
Conductor
Conductor
B. Francke
Camera Operator
Camera Operator
George Blackwell
Modeling
Modeling
Gordon K. McCallum
Boom Operator
Boom Operator
George Pollock
Assistant Director
Assistant Director
Clifton Parker
Original Music Composer
Original Music Composer
Maggie Unsworth
Continuity
Continuity
Percy Dayton
Boom Operator
Boom Operator
Jim Body
Focus Puller
Focus Puller
Kenneth Horne
Production Manager
Production Manager
George Paternoster
Boom Operator
Boom Operator
Ronald Neame
Screenplay
Screenplay
David Lean
Screenplay
Screenplay
Anthony Havelock-Allan
Screenplay
Screenplay
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