David Lean directs Noël Coward

Resource Information

The work David Lean directs Noël Coward represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Austin Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

David Lean directs Noël Coward

Contributor

• Criterion Collection (Firm)
• Cineguild (Firm)
• Two Cities Films
• trueCoward, Noel, 1899-1973
• Havelock-Allan, Anthony
• Lean, David, 1908-1991
• Neame, Ronald
• British Lion Films

Subject

• World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, British -- Drama
• Adultery -- Drama
• Comedy films
• Feature films
• Film adaptations
• Ghost plays
• Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 1918-1945 -- Drama
• Great Britain, Royal Navy -- Drama
• Housewives -- Drama
• Man-woman relationships -- Drama
• trueMarriage -- Drama
• Railroad stations -- Drama
• Romance films
• Seances -- Drama
• War films
• World War, 1914-1918 -- England | London -- Drama

Genre

• Feature films
• trueDrama
• Ghost plays
• Romance films
• War films
• Comedy films
• trueFilm adaptations

Language

eng

Summary

• In which we serve (1942): A sensitive and stirring piece of propaganda telling the tale of a group of Royal Navy sailors as they battle the Germans in the Mediterranean and of the lives they left back home
• This happy breed (1944): The story of a London family from 1919 to 1939, and their struggle to maintain a stable life in the period between the two World Wars
• Blithe spirit (1945): A sprightly supernatural comedy with winning performances, David Lean's delightful film version of Noel Coward's theater sensation stars Rex Harrison as a novelist who cheekily invites a medium to his house, accidentally summoning the spirit of his dead first wife-- a severe inconvenience for his current one
• Brief encounter (1945): Trevor Howard and Celia Johnson star as middle-class suburbanites whose casual friendship evolves into a passionate yearning for each other. But as their affections grow stronger, they must face a difficult decision that will affect both of their lives forever

Related

• Brief encounter
• This happy breed
• In which we serve
• Blithe spirit

Member of

• Criterion collection, 606 (Blithe spirit)
• Criterion collection, 603 (set)
• Criterion collection, 604 (In which we serve)
• Criterion collection, 605 (This happy breed)
• Blithe spirit (Motion picture)
• Criterion collection, 76 (Brief encounter)

Awards note

• In which we serve: New York Film Critics Circle Awards: Best Film, 1942
• Brief encounter: Cannes Film Festival: Grand Prize of the Festival, 1946, David Lean

Cataloging source

SINAP

Characteristic

videorecording

Dewey number

791.43/75

LC call number

PN1997

LC item number

.D38 2012

PerformerNote

• In which we serve: Noel Coward, John Mills, Bernard Miles
• This happy breed: Robert Newton, Celia Johnson, John Mills, Kay Walsh
• Blithe spirit: Rex Harrison, Constance Cummings, Kay Hammond, Margaret Rutherford
• Brief encounter: Celia Johnson, Trevor Howard

Runtime

407

Series statement

• The Criterion collection
• The Criterion collection
• The Criterion collection
• The Criterion collection
• The Criterion collection

Series volume

• 603 (set)
• 604 (In which we serve)
• 605 (This happy breed)
• 606 (Blithe spirit)
• 76 (Brief encounter)

Technique

live action