In Which We Serve, This Happy Breed and Brief Encounter are early films by which director?
This Happy Breed (film) on the horizon, Queenie has a baby son, whom she leaves in the care of her parents when she sails to join her husband in Singapore. Frank and Ethel, faced with an empty nest, decide to sell the house and move to a flat with their grandson. In 1942, David Lean and Noël Coward had co-directed "In Which We Serve". "This Happy Breed" marked Lean's solo directorial debut. He and Coward later teamed for "Brief Encounter" and "Blithe Spirit". Coward had played Frank Gibbons on stage, and he wanted to reprise the role on screen. Lean felt the playwright's public
In Which We Serve "In Which We Serve" proved to be the first of several films on which the two would collaborate. Shooting began at Denham Studios on 5 February 1942. From the start Coward was happy to let production crew members take charge in their individual areas of expertise, while he concentrated on directing the actors and creating his own portrayal of Kinross. But he soon became bored with the mechanics of filmmaking and after six weeks he came to the studio only when scenes in which he appeared were being filmed. At one point he invited the royal family to the set