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Aggiungi una trama nella tua linguaA chronicle of the lives of the Gibbons family, from shortly after the end of World War I to the beginning of World War II.A chronicle of the lives of the Gibbons family, from shortly after the end of World War I to the beginning of World War II.A chronicle of the lives of the Gibbons family, from shortly after the end of World War I to the beginning of World War II.
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What really boosts THIS HAPPY BREED into the "superior" category of British films is the direction by David Lean and the two central performances by CELIA JOHNSON and ROBERT NEWTON as the heads of a rather ordinary household living the provincial life between two World Wars. And what is surprising is that this '44 film from the U.K. uses Technicolor in an age when most films, unless they were spectacular musicals, were filmed in B&W. The color photography adds a handsome touch to the otherwise unspectacular story that is more a character study of a marriage and family relationships.
CELIA JOHNSON does a magnificent job as the mother who raises a daughter (KAY WALSH) unsatisfied with her family's social status, who yearns to rise above what she perceives as too provincial and runs off with a married man. It's just one of the many episodic tales in this domestic drama but it's played with such intensity by Johnson that the reunion scene toward the end is heartbreaking to watch.
All of the saga which stretches between the two wars is episodic, told in a series of vignettes which I imagine were done in blackout style on the stage, for which the tale was written. But Lean has successfully managed the transfer to the screen and all of the performances are top notch, particularly ROBERT NEWTON as the concerned father, JOHN MILLS as a man caught in an unrequited love affair and STANLEY HOLLOWAY who provides a good deal of comic relief as a boozy neighborhood friend of Newton.
Noel Coward evidently had more success in telling domestic tales with sharp observation of characters than Edna Ferber did with her own American sagas in which her characters seemed to get lost among all the vast territory she covered.
Summing up: Well worth watching for the performances alone.
CELIA JOHNSON does a magnificent job as the mother who raises a daughter (KAY WALSH) unsatisfied with her family's social status, who yearns to rise above what she perceives as too provincial and runs off with a married man. It's just one of the many episodic tales in this domestic drama but it's played with such intensity by Johnson that the reunion scene toward the end is heartbreaking to watch.
All of the saga which stretches between the two wars is episodic, told in a series of vignettes which I imagine were done in blackout style on the stage, for which the tale was written. But Lean has successfully managed the transfer to the screen and all of the performances are top notch, particularly ROBERT NEWTON as the concerned father, JOHN MILLS as a man caught in an unrequited love affair and STANLEY HOLLOWAY who provides a good deal of comic relief as a boozy neighborhood friend of Newton.
Noel Coward evidently had more success in telling domestic tales with sharp observation of characters than Edna Ferber did with her own American sagas in which her characters seemed to get lost among all the vast territory she covered.
Summing up: Well worth watching for the performances alone.
London between the wars, as seen by a couple of old soldier comrades from 1914-18. Robert Newton is one of them, married to an odd-accented Celia Johnson, with troublesome kids and a spinster relation to support. Stanley Holloway is the other and somehow is the father of the ubiquitous John Mills.
Noel Coward and David Lean worked together to bring their saga into our hearts and minds, as we rejoice in the good times and empathise with the bad ones. It may be hokum, but some of it works.
The best scenes are the quiet ones - especially the scene without dialogue where mum and dad react to bad news. Newton and Johnson also have considerable rapport in their scenes which works well.
Noel Coward and David Lean worked together to bring their saga into our hearts and minds, as we rejoice in the good times and empathise with the bad ones. It may be hokum, but some of it works.
The best scenes are the quiet ones - especially the scene without dialogue where mum and dad react to bad news. Newton and Johnson also have considerable rapport in their scenes which works well.
This film caught me completely unawares. I had never heard of it until it presented itself on daytime television one afternoon. I really dislike this type of film, as I find most of the time is spent on mediocre happenings in predictable situations. (Ordinary peoples lives are very boring). I was therefore amazed at the fact that I couldn't leave it, Maybe it's because I am getting older or maybe the people in this film reminded me of the adults of the 1950's when I was a child.
The acting is absolutely superb, you really believe in this family and the ups and downs of their lives. The direction of David Lean polishes the excellent cast performance, what more can I say ! ......Fantastic.....
The acting is absolutely superb, you really believe in this family and the ups and downs of their lives. The direction of David Lean polishes the excellent cast performance, what more can I say ! ......Fantastic.....
This film by David Lean takes us on a journey from 1919 after the First World war towards into WW2. But focuses not on the fighting, but on the home front, and the effects of a changing world.
I love this films ability to take you along with the day to day routine of a large, close knit family. Youre there with their smiles and tears then then in an instant you feel the heartache of their tragedy.
Robert Newton has never been better - a truly mesmerising performance. Forget Long John Silver (although another very fine performance).
The rest of the cast are a brilliant complement to Robert Newton. John Mills is on top form in a cameo performance.
Did David Lean ever make a bad film?
The only down side to the film is you see how great the British Film Industry once was, and now its virtually gone.
I love this films ability to take you along with the day to day routine of a large, close knit family. Youre there with their smiles and tears then then in an instant you feel the heartache of their tragedy.
Robert Newton has never been better - a truly mesmerising performance. Forget Long John Silver (although another very fine performance).
The rest of the cast are a brilliant complement to Robert Newton. John Mills is on top form in a cameo performance.
Did David Lean ever make a bad film?
The only down side to the film is you see how great the British Film Industry once was, and now its virtually gone.
Whether or not, one agrees with the "truth or morality" of Noel Coward's ennobling view of the British "bourgeois" from 1919-1939, the acting and direction in "This Happy Breed", are superb, and what a cast. I think the notion of sacrifice, pride, and work ethic, might have easily been written about many similar low and middle income families in America from Brooklyn to San Francisco, during the same period, as it was portrayed in the equally, excellent film, "Best Years of our Lives" (1946)
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- QuizThe voice of the uncredited opening narrator is that of Laurence Olivier.
- BlooperFrank is shown reading a copy of the 16 September 1930 edition of the Daily Mirror with the headline story about the elections in Germany held on 14 September where the Nazi Party increased their seats in the Reichstag from 12 to 107. He then goes to the back yard to help shake out the tablecloth, but the cherry tree there is still in full bloom, months after the blossoms should have disappeared.
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Frank Gibbons: She didn't pass on, pass over, or pass out! She died!
- Curiosità sui creditiOpening credits prologue: This is the story of a London family from 1919 to 1939.
- ConnessioniFeatured in Jonathan Ross' Must-Watch Films: Crime Films (2023)
- Colonne sonoreRule Britannia
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Lyrics by James Thomson
Music by Thomas Augustine Arne
Sung by Robert Newton (Frank) and Stanley Holloway (Bob) coming home after their reunion
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- This Happy Breed
- Luoghi delle riprese
- Alderbrook Road, London, Greater London, Inghilterra, Regno Unito(exteriors of family house near corner with Bellamy St. - still standing in 2022)
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- 200.000 £ (previsto)
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- 158 USD
- Tempo di esecuzione1 ora 55 minuti
- Proporzioni
- 1.37 : 1
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