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This Happy Breed
4:10 pm - 6:25 pm Saturday, October 24
This Happy Breed
A working-class family moves into a new suburban home after the father returns from service in the First World War. However, the couple and their children struggle to adjust to life higher up the social ladder. David Lean's drama, adapted by Noel Coward from his play, starring Robert Newton, Celia Johnson, Robert Stanley Holloway and John Mills
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- Robert Newton — Actor as Frank Gibbons
- Celia Johnson — Actor as Ethel Gibbons
- John Mills — Actor as Billy Mitchell
- Stanley Holloway — Actor as Bob Mitchell
- Kay Walsh — Actor as Queenie Gibbons
- Amy Veness — Actor as Mrs Flint
- Alison Leggatt — Actor as Aunt Sylvia
- Eileen Erskine — Actor as Vi
- David Lean — Director
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