Anthony Havelock-Allan production was a film adaptation of Coward's 1939 play This Happy Breed, which was produced by Coward, directed by Lean, and shot by Neame. All three partners — Havelock-Allan, Lean and Neame — collaborated on the script. The exact same combination of talents created the 1945 film adaptation of Coward's comedy "Blithe Spirit". The quartet then produced the classic "Brief Encounter", with Havelock-Allan and Neame sharing producing duties with Coward, with Coward helping write the script, an adaption of his 1936 one-act play "Still Life". The film won the Palme d'Or at the 1946 Cannes Film Festival while lead Celia
The Enchanted Cottage (1945 film) a reality that would make possible supposedly impossible romantic possibilities for himself and his married love interest, Gabriel. On her CBS variety show Carol Burnett performed a parody of the film entitled "The Enchanted Hovel", with herself in the Dorothy McGuire's role and Dick Van Dyke in the Robert Young role. The Enchanted Cottage (1945 film) The Enchanted Cottage is a 1945 romantic fantasy starring Robert Young, Dorothy McGuire, and Mildred Natwick. It was based on a play by Arthur Wing Pinero. "The Enchanted Cottage" was first adapted for the silent screen in 1924, with Richard Barthelmess and May McAvoy