This Happy Breed (Original title)Noel Coward's This Happy Breed (Alternative title)
Date: 07 August 1944 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirected by: David Lean
Synopsis: Period 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'
Genre: Romance
Subjects: Londoners, Family life
Releases
Date: 07 August 1944Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Technicolor - SoundRuntime: 111 mins Length: 9939 FeetDialogue (original): English
Date: June 1996Country: United KingdomRelease type: Home ViewingFormat: VHS Videocassette - Colour - SoundRuntime: 105 mins 54 secs - Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Video Collection International
Date: October 2015Country: United KingdomRelease type: InternetFormat: not specified - Colour - SoundRuntime: 115 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: BFIPlayer
Title: David LeanAuthor: DRAZIN, Charles Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Explores the mastery of David Lean's editing in the films The GHOST CAMERA, BRIEF ENCOUNTER and A PASSAGE TO INDIA, plus an account of how the BFI National Archive restored THIS HAPPY BREED for the David Lean centenary.
In: Empire n231 September 2008 Pages: 156-157
Title: At home/DVD reissues: The David Lean Centenary CollectionAuthor: Nathan, IanArticle type: DVD ReviewLanguage: English
Description: DVD box set review.
In: Films v5 n2 February 1985 Pages: 46-47
Title: [Films - v5 n2 February 1985: no known title]Article type: ReviewLanguage: English
Description: Review of video release.
In: La Revue du Cinéma v2 n12 April 1948 Page: 62
Title: [La Revue du Cinéma - v2 n12 April 1948: no known title]Language: French
In: Motion Picture Herald v167 n3 19 Apr 1947
Title: [Motion Picture Herald - v167 n3 19 Apr 1947: no known title]Language: English
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v11 n125 May 1944 Page: 54
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v11 n125 May 1944: no known title]Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
In: Today's Cinema v62 n5025 28 Apr 1944
Title: [Today's Cinema - v62 n5025 28 Apr 1944: no known title]Language: English
In: Kinematograph Weekly n1933 4 May 1944
Title: [Kinematograph Weekly - n1933 4 May 1944: no known title]Language: English
In: The Picturegoer v13 n612 5 Aug 1944 Page: 14
Title: [The Picturegoer - v13 n612 5 Aug 1944: no known title]Language: English
Description: Synopsis.
In: Motion Picture Herald v155 n9 27 May 1944
Title: [Motion Picture Herald - v155 n9 27 May 1944: no known title]Language: English
Author: Price, Hollie Pages: xiv, 242 pages
Date: 07 August 1944 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirected by: David Lean
Synopsis: Period 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'
Genre: Romance
Subjects: Londoners, Family life
Releases
Date: 07 August 1944Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Technicolor - SoundRuntime: 111 mins Length: 9939 FeetDialogue (original): English
Date: June 1996Country: United KingdomRelease type: Home ViewingFormat: VHS Videocassette - Colour - SoundRuntime: 105 mins 54 secs - Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Video Collection International
Date: October 2015Country: United KingdomRelease type: InternetFormat: not specified - Colour - SoundRuntime: 115 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: BFIPlayer
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library
(10)
In: Sight and Sound v18 n7 July 2008 Pages: 38-43Title: David LeanAuthor: DRAZIN, Charles Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Explores the mastery of David Lean's editing in the films The GHOST CAMERA, BRIEF ENCOUNTER and A PASSAGE TO INDIA, plus an account of how the BFI National Archive restored THIS HAPPY BREED for the David Lean centenary.
In: Empire n231 September 2008 Pages: 156-157
Title: At home/DVD reissues: The David Lean Centenary CollectionAuthor: Nathan, IanArticle type: DVD ReviewLanguage: English
Description: DVD box set review.
In: Films v5 n2 February 1985 Pages: 46-47
Title: [Films - v5 n2 February 1985: no known title]Article type: ReviewLanguage: English
Description: Review of video release.
In: La Revue du Cinéma v2 n12 April 1948 Page: 62
Title: [La Revue du Cinéma - v2 n12 April 1948: no known title]Language: French
In: Motion Picture Herald v167 n3 19 Apr 1947
Title: [Motion Picture Herald - v167 n3 19 Apr 1947: no known title]Language: English
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v11 n125 May 1944 Page: 54
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v11 n125 May 1944: no known title]Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
In: Today's Cinema v62 n5025 28 Apr 1944
Title: [Today's Cinema - v62 n5025 28 Apr 1944: no known title]Language: English
In: Kinematograph Weekly n1933 4 May 1944
Title: [Kinematograph Weekly - n1933 4 May 1944: no known title]Language: English
In: The Picturegoer v13 n612 5 Aug 1944 Page: 14
Title: [The Picturegoer - v13 n612 5 Aug 1944: no known title]Language: English
Description: Synopsis.
In: Motion Picture Herald v155 n9 27 May 1944
Title: [Motion Picture Herald - v155 n9 27 May 1944: no known title]Language: English
Books held in BFI Reuben Library
(1)
Title: Picturing home: domestic life and modernity in 1940s British filmAuthor: Price, Hollie Pages: xiv, 242 pages