David Lean Directs Noel Coward [DVD]
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David Lean Directs Noel Coward

Format:   DVD 
 
Four of director David Lean's adaptations of plays by writer Noel Coward are collected in this set. First, Lean's debut solo directorial effort, "This Happy Breed" (1944) is a fine, understated drama that looks at a typical, working-class British household and how it's affected by the events of the years between World Wars I and II. Robert Newton, Celia Johnson, John Mills, and Kay Walsh star. Then, Coward adapted his own witty stage farce for this (literally) spirited screen version of "Blithe Spirit" (1945). Rex Harrison is a writer whose research into the occult leads him to muddled medium Margaret Rutherford, who accidentally conjures up the ghost of Harrison's first wife. Kay Hammond co-stars as the trouble-making spectre. Four-disc set also includes the Criterion Collection versions of "In Which We Serve" and "Brief Encounter" (1945). 6 3/4 hrs. total. Standard; Soundtrack: English PCM mono; "making of" featurettes; audio commentary; interviews; bonus TV episode; documentary "David Lean: A Self Portrait" (1971); theatrical trailers; booklet.
 
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Category:
Drama
Director:
David Lean
Rated:
NR
Color:
Black & White / Color
Closed Captioned:
 Yes
Cast:  Rex Harrison, Robert Newton, Celia Johnson, Constance Cummings, Kay Hammond, John Mills, Margaret Rutherford, Kay Walsh, Hugh Wakefield, Amy Veness, Joyce Carey, Alison Leggatt, Eileen Erskine, Jacqueline Clarke, John Blythe, Stanley Holloway
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