

This Happy Breed
A Sweeping Panorama of Living
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.
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $900K
- Box office
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- Language
- English
- london, england
- strike
- war veteran
- cafe
- twins
- family
- gas mask
- manicurist
- elopement
- 1920s
- 1930s
- suburban
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United Kingdom
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- TheatricalPG12 Apr 1947
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical28 May 1944
FranceFR
- Theatrical14 Jan 1948
NetherlandsNL
- PhysicalBlu ray4 May 2012
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This Happy Breed was released on 28 May 1944.
Audience reviews
1- C7/10
CinemaSerf
6/30/2022
This gently entertaining film follows the trials and tribulations of the "Gibbons" family - mum, "Ethel" (Celia Johnson), dad "Frank" (Robert Newton), daughters "Queenie" (Kay Walsh), "Vi" (Eileen Erskine) and their son "Reg" (John Blythe) alongside her mother "Mrs. Flint" (Amy Veness), who not untypically lodged with them too. There's is a simple enough life, contentedly living in a newly built suburbia with a garde…
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