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This Happy Breed (1944)

Production Credits

Production Company

Two Cities Films

In Charge of Production

Anthony Havelock-Allen

Producer

Noel Coward

Director

David Lean

Screenplay

Noel Coward, from his own play.

Adaptation

David Lean, Ronald Neame, Anthony Havelock-Allan

Photography

Ronald Neame (Technicolor)

Camera Operator

Guy Greene

Art Director

C.P. Norman

Editor

Jack Harris

Sound

C.C. Stevens, John Cook, Desmond Drew

Musical Director

Muir Matheson (London Symphony)

Assistant Director

George Pollack

Production Manager

Ken Horne and Jack Martin

Dress Supervisor

Hilda Collins

Make-up

Tony Sforzini

Hair Dressing

Vivienne Walker

Special Effects

Percy Day

Running Time

111 minutes-9,939 ft.

Distribution:

Eagle-Lion Gaumont (U.K.)
Universal International (U.S.)

Released:

June 1, 1944 (Haymarket, London)
April 1947

Cast Credits

Frank Gibbons

Robert Newton

Ethel Gibbons

Celia Johnson

Billy Mitchell

John Mills

Queenie Gibbons

Kay Walsh

Mrs. Flint

Amy Vennes

Aunt Sylvia

Alison Leggatt

Vi Gibbons

Eileen Erskine

Reg Gibbons

John Blythe

Bob Mitchel

Stanley Holloway

Sam Leadbitter

Guy Verney

Phyllis Blake

Betty Fleetwood

Edie

Merle Tottenham

Film Facts



David Lean on the set.