In Which We Serve
1942
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100% Tomatometer 13 Reviews 78% Audience Score 500+ Ratings In 1919, Frank Gibbons (Robert Newton) returns home from army duty and moves into a middle-class row house, bringing with him wife...
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In a 1944 review, Variety gave This Happy Breed high praise: “Based on Noel Coward's London legit hit, film soundly captures the spirit of the 1920s and 1930s reviving the era of the British general strike, the jazz dress style, the Charleston, and the depression.
This Happy Breed Reviews. All Critics. Top Critics. All Audience. Verified Audience. Roger Moore Movie Nation. It’s not Lean’s showiest picture or particularly impressive in any cinematic...
This Happy Breed: Directed by David Lean. With Robert Newton, Celia Johnson, John Mills, Kay Walsh. Just after World War I, the Gibbons family moves to a nice house in the suburbs. They live an ordinary life throughout the years, but everything changes when World War II breaks out.
May 10, 2012 · Though Lean and Coward are less happy here than in the brittle, refined atmosphere of Brief Encounter, their adventurous excursion into suburban Clapham remains endlessly fascinating.
With its mix of politics and melodrama, This Happy Breed is a quintessential British domestic drama, featuring subtly expressive Technicolor cinematography by Ronald Neame and a remarkable supporting cast including John Mills, Stanley Holloway, and Kay Walsh.
Mar 7, 2006 · This Happy Breed Review. The life and times of the Gibbons family - father Frank, mother Ethel, their children Reg, Vi and Queenie, her mother and his sister, Sylvia - and their Clapham...
Feb 25, 2006 · Overview. Synopsis. Credits. Photos & Videos. Film Details. Articles & Reviews. Brief Synopsis. A middle-class family faces personal triumphs and tragedies when they move to a new home in the suburbs. Cast & Crew. Read More. David Lean. Director. Robert Newton. Celia Johnson. John Mills. Kay Walsh. Amy Veness. Photos & Videos. View All.
Mar 27, 2012 · This Happy Breed offers its characters the tribute of taking them seriously, thereby declaring that the small joys and large griefs of this family are as worthy of drama as the state of kings.
Reviews. Dec 31, 1943 11:00pm PT. This Happy Breed. Based on Noel Coward's London legit hit, film soundly captures the spirit of the 1920s and 1930s reviving the era of the British general...
