A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Release Date:
May 28, 1944
Original Title:
This Happy Breed
Alternate Titles:
Este Povo Alegre
Heureux mortels
Этот счастливый народ
Genres:
Drama
Production Companies:
Cineguild
J. Arthur Rank Organisation
Two Cities Films
Production Countries:
United Kingdom
Ratings / Certifications:
US: PG
Runtime: 115
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.
Art Direction:
C.P. Norman
Assistant Art Director:
Arthur Lawson
Assistant Director:
George Pollock
Assistant Editor:
Norah Walsh
Assistant Hairstylist:
Marjorie Whittle
Assistant Production Manager:
Robert C. Foord
Associate Producer:
Ronald Neame
Boom Operator:
Percy Dayton
Gordon K. McCallum
George Paternoster
Camera Operator:
Guy Green
B. Francke
Clapper Loader:
David Lytton
Dennis Bartlett
Conductor:
Muir Mathieson
Continuity:
Maggie Unsworth
Director:
David Lean
Director of Photography:
Ronald Neame
Draughtsman:
Harold Hurdell
Editor:
Jack Harris
Focus Puller:
Jim Body
George Minassian
Hairdresser:
Vivienne Walker
Makeup Artist:
Tony Sforzini
Modeling:
George Blackwell
Music Director:
Muir Mathieson
Original Music Composer:
Clifton Parker
Muir Mathieson
Producer:
Noël Coward
Production Manager:
Kenneth Horne
Jack Martin
Projection:
Charles Staffell
Screenplay:
Ronald Neame
David Lean
Anthony Havelock-Allan
Sound Recordist:
John Cook
Desmond Dew
C. C. Stevens
Special Effects:
W. Percy Day
George Blackwell
Still Photographer:
Eugene H.E. Pizey
Theatre Play:
Noël Coward
Third Assistant Director:
Anthony Hearne
Wardrobe Supervisor:
Hilda Collins
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