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This Happy Breed (Blu-Ray) (*)

$24.99

Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
English ( Subtitles )
Spanish ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Spanish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Spain ( Blu-Ray/Region A/B/C )

Running Time:
106 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1944 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
David Lean

Written By:
David Lean
Ronald Neame
Anthony Havelock-Allan
Noël Coward

Actors:
Robert Newton ..... Frank Gibbons
Celia Johnson ..... Ethel Gibbons
John Mills ..... Billy Mitchell
Kay Walsh ..... Queenie
Stanley Holloway ..... Bob Mitchell
Amy Veness ..... Mrs. Flint
Alison Leggatt ..... Aunt Sylvia
Eileen Erskine ..... Vi
John Blythe ..... Reg
Guy Verney ..... Sam Leadbitter
Betty Fleetwood ..... Phyllis Blake
Merle Tottenham ..... Edie
Robin Burns ..... Man in Crowd
Mabel Etherington ..... Lady in Crowd
Dan Lester ..... Man in Crowd
Jack May ..... Mourner
Pat Ryan ..... Passerby
Jack Sharp ..... Removal Man

Synopsis:

Episodic telling of 20 years of the working-class Gibbons family in their South London rental house from 1919 to 1939--from just after the conclusion of WWI to just before the start of WWII. Beyond the profound effect of such world events on their lives, and the ebbs and flows of general western society in all aspects, husband and wife Frank and Ethel Gibbons must hold their family together through other, more personal events. Besides their immediate family, their household consists of her mother, Mrs. Flint, who is always feigning that she is on her deathbed; and his spinster sister Sylvia Gibbons, who clings to odd notions of life as her only sense of independence; these two don't get along, each seeing the other as an intrusion on the household. The three Gibbons offspring are a disparate group but generally get along. Only son Reg is easily swayed, especially by his best friend Sam Leadbitter, who wants to see social justice at all cost. While she secretly loves Sam, level-headed older daughter Vi doesn't like Sam's influence on Reg and his life choices. Younger daughter Queenie hates their 'common life' and will do almost anything to escape it, meaning that she will not marry Billy Mitchell, who has always loved her, and she has always loved him in her own way although he isn't her idea of husband material. Billy, a career sailor in the British Navy, is the son of their next-door neighbor, Frank's best friend and 'Johnnie Walker and soda'-drinking buddy Bob Mitchell; they originally met on the battlefield in 1915, fighting for the British in different regiments.

This product was added to our catalog on Tuesday 03 January, 2023.