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This Happy Breed

Just after World War I, the Gibbons family moves to a nice house in the suburbs. They live an ordinary life throughout the years, but everything changes when World War II breaks out.

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David Lean

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Frank Gibbons Ethel Gibbons Vi Bob Mitchell Sam Leadbitter Queenie Reg Billy Mitchell Edie Mrs. Flint Aunt Sylvia

Now then Now then what - This Happy Breed

Now then Now then what

Well I'll be blowed - This Happy Breed

Well I'll be blowed

Strike me pink it's old Gibbo You old son of a gun - This Happy Breed

Strike me pink it's old Gibbo You old son of a gun

Some people certainly do have queer ways of enjoying themselves don't they - This Happy Breed

Some people certainly do have queer ways of enjoying...

Took me four years to learn the words to this song - This Happy Breed

Took me four years to learn the words to this song

Have you got your mac Queenie It's not a mac it's a Burberry - This Happy Breed

Have you got your mac Queenie It's not a mac it's...

We haven't got any plans We're just going to have a jolly good time - This Happy Breed

We haven't got any plans We're just going to have...

I brought them here to see the glories of the Empire - This Happy Breed

I brought them here to see the glories of the Empire

Having all these things is selfish I'm going to get mad - This Happy Breed

Having all these things is selfish I'm going to get mad

But as you well know there are millions and millions of homes in this country today - This Happy Breed

But as you well know there are millions and millions of...

It doesn't matter Sam But you can't expect everybody in the world - This Happy Breed

It doesn't matter Sam But you can't expect...

I thought it was your father Have you come to see Queenie - This Happy Breed

I thought it was your father Have you come to see Queenie

I haven't done anything wrong have I - This Happy Breed

I haven't done anything wrong have I

I want too much - This Happy Breed

I want too much

I'll tell you something awful - This Happy Breed

I'll tell you something awful

If in two or three years' time when I've worked my way up a bit - This Happy Breed

If in two or three years' time when I've worked my...

What's the betting they haven't been smoking themselves silly up in Reg's room - This Happy Breed

What's the betting they haven't been smoking...

But it's wrong isn't it All this down with everything business - This Happy Breed

But it's wrong isn't it All this down with...

Somebody once said we was a nation of gardeners - This Happy Breed

Somebody once said we was a nation of gardeners

I'm going upstairs to wash a pair of stockings out for the morning - This Happy Breed

I'm going upstairs to wash a pair of stockings out for...

I'm sure I haven't said anything - This Happy Breed

I'm sure I haven't said anything

I'm an old woman and the sooner I'm dead the better - This Happy Breed

I'm an old woman and the sooner I'm dead the...

Very well I'll take my tea up with me - This Happy Breed

Very well I'll take my tea up with me

Poor old Sylvia She's a bit of a trial sometimes I must say - This Happy Breed

Poor old Sylvia She's a bit of a trial sometimes I must...

You'll stay and have a bite with us won't you Bob - This Happy Breed

You'll stay and have a bite with us won't you Bob

Not till you've heard what I've got to say you're not - This Happy Breed

Not till you've heard what I've got to say...

I belong to a generation of men most of whom aren't here anymore - This Happy Breed

I belong to a generation of men most of whom aren't...

Don't be silly I can afford it Capitalist - This Happy Breed

Don't be silly I can afford it Capitalist

Well they're cutting down the navy and they're cutting down the army - This Happy Breed

Well they're cutting down the navy and they're...

Ernie must be getting quite a big boy now - This Happy Breed

Ernie must be getting quite a big boy now

I say it's a bit posh going to the South of France for honeymoon n'est ce pas - This Happy Breed

I say it's a bit posh going to the South of France for...

Well Son Well Dad - This Happy Breed

Well Son Well Dad

Well uh would you say taken by and large - This Happy Breed

Well uh would you say taken by and large

Oh no Dad Marriage is a bit different you know - This Happy Breed

Oh no Dad Marriage is a bit different you know

Put your wife first always - This Happy Breed

Put your wife first always

All ready for the ball and chain You're too ruddy cheerful by half - This Happy Breed

All ready for the ball and chain You're too ruddy...

Well you haven't any right to ask me things like that - This Happy Breed

Well you haven't any right to ask me things like that

Well a few years ago we had Reg nagging at us - This Happy Breed

Well a few years ago we had Reg nagging at us

We are as we are and that's how we're going to stay - This Happy Breed

We are as we are and that's how we're going to...

Your mum and me would be much obliged - This Happy Breed

Your mum and me would be much obliged

I don't mind if I do He's our only son isn't he He's going away from us isn't he - This Happy Breed

I don't mind if I do He's our only son isn't...

On my wedding day there was a thunderstorm - This Happy Breed

On my wedding day there was a thunderstorm

I suppose Billy remembered to tell the driver all right - This Happy Breed

I suppose Billy remembered to tell the driver all right

Oh Mrs Baker and Miss Whitney have just come out of number 12 - This Happy Breed

Oh Mrs Baker and Miss Whitney have just come out of number...

It seems only yesterday - This Happy Breed

It seems only yesterday

I had those pains again in the night Ethel Something terrible they were - This Happy Breed

I had those pains again in the night Ethel Something...

I do wish everybody would stop fussing It gives me the pip - This Happy Breed

I do wish everybody would stop fussing It gives me the pip

I'm sure I hope nothing dreadful's happened to them - This Happy Breed

I'm sure I hope nothing dreadful's happened to...

Morning noon and night it's the same thing She's at me all the time and I won't stand it - This Happy Breed

Morning noon and night it's the same thing She's...

She's nothing but a spiteful mischief making old cat - This Happy Breed

She's nothing but a spiteful mischief making old cat

Me boa Me feather boa it's gone - This Happy Breed

Me boa Me feather boa it's gone

I can do as I like in it An Englishman's home is his castle - This Happy Breed

I can do as I like in it An Englishman's home is his...

Are you coming over to the table or shall I bring it to you - This Happy Breed

Are you coming over to the table or shall I bring it to you

No I don't think it does - This Happy Breed

No I don't think it does

She didn't pass on pass over or pass out She died - This Happy Breed

She didn't pass on pass over or pass out She died

You're a funny woman Ethel and no mistake - This Happy Breed

You're a funny woman Ethel and no mistake

Yeah I've been transferred from a cruiser to a destroyer - This Happy Breed

Yeah I've been transferred from a cruiser to a...

I've seen something today that I wouldn't believe could happen in this country - This Happy Breed

I've seen something today that I wouldn't believe...

It's a strange world You said it - This Happy Breed

It's a strange world You said it

I wonder what happens to rooms when people give them up - This Happy Breed

I wonder what happens to rooms when people give them up

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Just after World War I, the Gibbons family moves to a nice house in the suburbs. They live an ordinary life throughout the years, but everything changes when World War II breaks out.

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Director: David Lean

Writer: David Lean, Ronald Neame, Anthony Havelock-Allan

Production: N/A

Genre: comedy, drama

Year: 1944

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 7.3

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 12 Apr 1947

Awards: 1 win

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