Displaying 1 of 1 2012 ● DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials Title: David Lean directs Noël Coward : In which we serve, This happy breed, Blithe spirit, Brief encounter [videorecording]. Publisher, Date: [S.l.] : Criterion Collection, cop. 2012. Description: 4 video discs (407 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in. Summary: IN WHICH WE SERVE: This "story of a ship", the British destroyer HMS Torrin, is told in flashbacks by survivors as they cling to a life raft. - THIS HAPPY BREED: Noel Coward's attempt to show how the ordinary people lived between the wars. Just after WWI the Gibbons family moves to a nice house in the suburbs. An ordinary sort of life is led by the family through the years with average number of triumphs and disasters until the outbreak of WWII. - BLITHE SPIRIT: Adapted from a play by Noel Coward, Charles and his second wife Ruth, are haunted by the ghost of his first wife, Elvira. Medium Madame Arcati tries to help things out by contacting the ghost. - BRIEF ENCOUNTER: Meeting a stranger in a railway station, a woman is tempted to cheat on her husband. Series: The Criterion collection ; 603 The Criterion collection ; 603. (NL-LeOCL)303158352 Subjects: Great Britain. Royal Navy. Man-woman relationships -- Drama. Ghost plays. Seances -- Drama. Housewives -- Drama. Railroad stations -- Drama. Adultery -- Drama. Marriage -- Drama. World War, 1914-1918 -- Drama -- England -- London. World War, 1939-1945 -- Drama -- Naval operations, British. Other Author: Lean, David, 1908-1991. Coward, Noël (Noël Pierce), 1899-1973. Other Title: In which we serve This happy breed Blithe spirit Brief encounter Notes: DVDs. Contents: Disc 1: In which we serve / dir. by Noël Coward and David Lean (1942, b&w, 114 min.) -- Disc 2: This happy breed / dir. by David Lean (1944, color, 111 min.) -- Disc 3: Blithe spirit / dir. by David Lean (1945, color, 96 min.) -- Disc 4: Brief encounter / dir. by David Lean (1945, b&w, 86 min.) Total Copies: 1 Available Copies: 1 Current Holds: 0 ISBN: 1604655593 (set) 9781604655599 1604655607 9781604655605 1604655615 9781604655612 1604655623 9781604655629 1604655631 9781604655636 Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Location/Availability Suggestions and more Librarian's View Displaying 1 of 1