This Happy Breed
Year:
1944
Production Country:
Great Britain
Drama. The life of a London family in the years between the two World Wars, from the day they move into a house to the day they leave it. The following statement regarding the story appears after the opening credits: 'This is the story of a London family from 1919 to 1939'
Cast & credits
Cast
- [Narrator] Laurence Olivier
- Frank Gibbons Robert Newton
- Ethel Gibbons Celia Johnson
- Billy Mitchell John Mills
- Queenie Gibbons Kay Walsh
- Bob Mitchell Stanley Holloway
- Mrs Flint Amy Veness
- Aunt Sylvia Alison Leggatt
- Vi Eileen Erskine
- Reg Gibbons John Blythe
- Sam Leadbitter Guy Verney
- Edie Merle Tottenham
- Phyllis Blake Betty Fleetwood
Credits
Direction
- Directed by David Lean
- Assistant Director George Pollock
- [Assistant Director (2nd)] Reginald Marks
- [Assistant Director (3rd)] Anthony Hearne
- [Continuity] Maggie Unsworth
- [Assistant Continuity] Patricia Arnold
Production
- A Two Cities Film Two Cities Films
- Production Company Cineguild
- Produced by Noël Coward
- [Associate Producer] David Lean
- [Associate Producer] Ronald Neame
- Production Manager Kenneth Horne
- Production Manager Jack Martin
- [Assistant Production Manager] Robert Foord
- In Charge of Production Anthony Havelock-allan
- [Studio] Denham Studios
- Made at D&P Studios
Writing
- Adapted for the screen by David Lean
- Adapted for the screen by Ronald Neame
- Adapted for the screen by Anthony Havelock-allan
- Above the Title Credit [for Play] Noël Coward
Photography
- Photographed in Technicolor by Ronald Neame
- Technicolor Company Colour Director Natalie Kalmus
- Technicolor Company Associate Joan Bridge
- Technicolor Company Technician Harold Haysom
- Camera Operator Guy Green
- [Focus Puller] George Minassian
- [Clapper Loader] David Lytton
Stills
- [Stills] Eugene H.E. Pizey
Special Effects
- [Back Projection] Charles Staffell
- Special Effects W. Percy Day
- [Models] George Blackwell
Editing
- Film Editor Jack Harris
- [Assistant Editor] Norah Walsh
- [Assembly Cutter] Marjorie Saunders
Design
- Art Director C.P. Norman
- [Assistant Art Director] Arthur Lawson
- Art Supervisor to Noel Coward G.E. Calthrop
- [Draughtsman] Harry Hurdell
Costumes
- Dress Supervisor Hilda Collins
Make-up
- Make-up Tony Sforzini
- Hair Dressing Vivienne Walker
Music
- Music Played by London Symphony Orchestra
- [LSO] Under the Direction of Muir Mathieson
Sound
- Sound Recordist C.C. Stevens
- Sound Recordist J.C. Cook
- Sound Recordist Desmond Dew
- [Sound Camera Operator] Winston Ryder
- [Sound Camera Operator] Roy Day
- [Sound Assistant] Wally Day
- Logo [Sound System] Western Electric
- [Boom Operator] Gordon K. McCallum
- [Boom Operator] Percy Dayton
- [Boom Assistant] George Paternoster
- [Boom Assistant] Gus Lloyd
- [Dubbing Crew] Cyril Crowhurst
- [Dubbing Crew] Alan Whatley
- [Dubbing Crew] Anthony J. Kay