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This Happy Breed
A Sweeping Panorama of Living
7.1(65)19441h 51m
A chronicle of the lives of the Gibbons family, from shortly after the end of the First World War to the beginning of the Second.
- Director
- David Lean
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Cast

Robert Newton
Frank Gibbons

Celia Johnson
Ethel Gibbons

Amy Veness
Mrs. Flint

Alison Leggatt
Aunt Sylvia

Stanley Holloway
Bob Mitchell

John Mills
Billy Mitchell

Kay Walsh
Queenie Gibbons
Eileen Erskine
Vi Gibbons

John Blythe
Reg Gibbons
Guy Verney
Sam Leadbitter
Betty Fleetwood
Phyllis Blake

Merle Tottenham
Edie
Mabel Etherington
Woman in Crowd

Jack May
Mourner

Laurence Olivier
Narrator (voice)
Crew
Directing
- David LeanDirector
- Maggie UnsworthContinuity
- George PollockAssistant Director
- Anthony HearneThird Assistant Director
Writing
- Noël CowardTheatre Play
- Ronald NeameScreenplay
- David LeanScreenplay
- Anthony Havelock-AllanScreenplay
Production
- Noël CowardProducer
- Ronald NeameAssociate Producer
- Robert C. FoordAssistant Production Manager
- Kenneth HorneProduction Manager
- Jack MartinProduction Manager
Camera
- Ronald NeameDirector of Photography
- Guy GreenCamera Operator
- Jim BodyFocus Puller
- George MinassianFocus Puller
- David LyttonClapper Loader
- Eugene H.E. PizeyStill Photographer
- B. FranckeCamera Operator
- Dennis BartlettClapper Loader
Editing
- Jack HarrisEditor
- Norah WalshAssistant Editor
Sound
- Muir MathiesonMusic Director
- John CookSound Recordist
- Desmond DewSound Recordist
- C. C. StevensSound Recordist
- Muir MathiesonConductor
- Percy DaytonBoom Operator
- Clifton ParkerOriginal Music Composer
- Gordon K. McCallumBoom Operator
- Muir MathiesonOriginal Music Composer
- George PaternosterBoom Operator
Art
- C.P. NormanArt Direction
- Harold HurdellDraughtsman
- Arthur LawsonAssistant Art Director
Costume & Make-Up
- Tony SforziniMakeup Artist
- Hilda CollinsWardrobe Supervisor
- Marjorie WhittleAssistant Hairstylist
- Vivienne WalkerHairdresser
Visual Effects
- George BlackwellModeling
Crew
- W. Percy DaySpecial Effects
- George BlackwellSpecial Effects
- Charles StaffellProjection