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Song for Tomorrow (Original title)
Date: 1948 (Release)

Country: United Kingdom

Director: Terence Fisher

Synopsis: A pilot suffers from amnesia after an operation and can only remember the voice of the surgeon's girlfriend. He is restored by a fright and returns to his own fiancée.

Genre:
Drama
Releases
Date: 1948Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 62 mins Length: 5519 FeetDialogue (original): English

Credits (23)
Production Company: Highbury Productions, Production Company: Production Facilities, In Charge of Production: John Croydon, Producer: Ralph Nunn-may, Unit Manager: F. Sherwin Green, Production Supervisor: Adrian Worker, Assistant Director: Robert Lynn, Screenplay by: W.E.C. Fairchild, Director of Photography: Walter Harvey, Camera Operator: Robert Navarro, Film Editor: Gordon Pilkington, Art Director: Donald Russell, Dresses: Violet Beaumont, Make Up: Jimmy Evans, Hairstyles: Margaret Ogilvie, Original Music By: William Blezaid, Played by: London Symphony Orchestra, [LSO] Leader: George Stratton, Conducted by: Muir Mathieson, Sound Recording: H.C. Pearson, George Kroll, Studio: Highbury Studios
Cast (13)
Ralph Michael (Roger Stanton), Shaun Noble (Derek Wardell), James Hayter (Nicholas Klauseman), Valentine Dunn (Mrs Wardell), Christopher Lee (Auguste), Ethel Coleridge (woman in cinema), Evelyn McCabe (Helen Maxwell), Carleen Lord (Helen's dresser), Yvonne Forster (nurse), Martin Boddey (major), Sam Kydd (sergeant), Conrad Phillips (Lieut. Fenton), Lockwood West (Mr Stokes)
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library (3)
In: Today's Cinema v70 n5656 4 Jun 1948
Title: [Today's Cinema - v70 n5656 4 Jun 1948: no known title]Language: English

In: Kinematograph Weekly n2145 10 Jun 1948
Title: [Kinematograph Weekly - n2145 10 Jun 1948: no known title]Language: English

In: Monthly Film Bulletin v15 n176 August 1948  Page: 109
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v15 n176 August 1948: no known title]Language: English


Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(8)
Accessible materials to view(3)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: PolyesterSound: CombinedLength: 5522 FeetStock date: 1999BFI identifier: C-1105263
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)


Description: VHS cassetteDuration: 59.01 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-1241858
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access


Description: Digital BetacamDuration: 59.01 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-1241857
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access



Video materials(2)
Description: VHS cassetteDuration: 59.01 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-1241858
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access


Description: Digital BetacamDuration: 59.01 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-1241857
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access



Film materials(6)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: PolyesterSound: CombinedLength: 5522 FeetStock date: 1999BFI identifier: C-1105263
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)


Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: SafetySound: MuteLength: 942 FeetBFI identifier: C-1105262
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film - suitable for duplication


Description: 35mm Duplicating PositiveBase: CTASound: MuteLength: 5521 FeetStock date: 1993BFI identifier: C-747438
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film


Description: 35mm Master PositiveBase: PolyesterSound: SoundLength: 5521 FeetStock date: 1993BFI identifier: C-747439
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film


Description: 35mm Original NegativeBase: NitrateSound: MuteLength: 5521 FeetStock date: 1947BFI identifier: C-717082
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film


Description: 35mm Original NegativeBase: NitrateSound: SoundLength: 5521 FeetStock date: 1947BFI identifier: C-717083
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film