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This Happy Breed [1944] | ![This Happy Breed [1944]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51DmAsDX1VL._SL160_.jpg)
 enlarge | Director: David Lean
Actors: Robert Newton, Celia Johnson, John Mills, Stanley Holloway, Kay Walsh
Studio: ITV DVD
Category: DVD
This item is no longer available
Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 42201
Format: Colour, Pal
Rating: Universal, suitable for all
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 106
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.4 x 0.6
EAN: 5037115302434
ASIN: B001C4QL9W
Theatrical Release Date: 1944
Release Date: September 15, 2008
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Classic British Drama September 13, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Don't let the b/w sleeve fool you, this film is in colour and the quality has held up fairly well. Where did they find all that colour film in 1944? This must have been regarded as an important national project.
It tells the story of a typical British family between the two world wars. It is almost trying to prepare people for the coming peace, like a reminder that it was not that far away.
Important historical events are weaved into the plot. The victory parades after world war 1, the general strike of 1926, and growing threat of war in the late 30s, are shown with music and fashions and advances in technology (radio, electric light in ordinary homes, talkies etc) contemporary to their time.
Blink and you could miss the one fleeting reference to the abdication of Edward VIII, when mother removes a 1936 calander of him. The event was too fresh to be dealt with fully during the war years.
Celia Johnson takes a good part as the mother. The character is a class or two below her parts in 'Brief Encounter' and 'In Which We Serve', but she seems just as comfortable and convincing here.
Robert Newton as the father displays typical British values of moderation and tolerance. While lecturing his son the night before his marriage, he even countenances the odd discrete affair, should the marriage become stale. What did our grandparents get up to? Perhaps they were not that different to us!
A well watchable movie and an interesting view of social history.
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