Farewell Again (Original title)Troopship (Alternative title)
Date: 1937 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirected by: Tim Whelan
Synopsis: A dramatic and realistic story of the return for leave of a regiment of Lancers from India and of the effects on them of an unexpected order to return to the Far East after only six hours at Southampton.
Genre: Drama
Subjects: Colonial troops, Indian Army
Releases
Date: 1937Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 83 mins Length: 7539 FeetDialogue (original): English
Title: [Kinematograph Weekly - n1917 13 Jan 1944: no known title]Language: English
In: Today's Cinema v62 n4979 11 Jan 1944
Title: [Today's Cinema - v62 n4979 11 Jan 1944: no known title]Language: English
Description: Re-issue.
In: Kinematograph Weekly n1834 11 Jun 1942
Title: [Kinematograph Weekly - n1834 11 Jun 1942: no known title]Language: English
In: Today's Cinema v58 n4735 12 Jun 1942
Title: [Today's Cinema - v58 n4735 12 Jun 1942: no known title]Language: English
Description: Re-issue.
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v4 n44 August 1937 Page: 165
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v4 n44 August 1937: no known title]Language: English
In: Kinematograph Weekly n1568 6 May 1937
Title: [Kinematograph Weekly - n1568 6 May 1937: no known title]Language: English
In: The Picturegoer v7 n316 12 Jun 1937 Page: 28
Title: [The Picturegoer - v7 n316 12 Jun 1937: no known title]Language: English
Description: Synopsis.
In: Today's Cinema v47 n3471 25 Nov 1936
Title: [Today's Cinema - v47 n3471 25 Nov 1936: no known title]Language: English
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(7)
Accessible materials to view(3)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 7483 FeetStock date: 1980BFI identifier: C-53686
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: VHS cassetteDuration: 80.3 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-1025171
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Description: Digital BetacamDuration: 80.3 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-1025170
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Video materials(2)
Description: VHS cassetteDuration: 80.3 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-1025171
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Description: Digital BetacamDuration: 80.3 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-1025170
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Film materials(5)
Description: 35mm Base: NitrateSound: MixedLength: 116 FeetBFI identifier: C-53685
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film - suitable for duplication
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: NitrateSound: CombinedLength: 7397 FeetBFI identifier: C-53684
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 7483 FeetStock date: 1980BFI identifier: C-53686
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: SafetySound: Combined as MuteLength: 7491 FeetBFI identifier: C-53682
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Re-recorded NegativeBase: SafetySound: SoundLength: 7684 FeetBFI identifier: C-53683
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Date: 1937 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirected by: Tim Whelan
Synopsis: A dramatic and realistic story of the return for leave of a regiment of Lancers from India and of the effects on them of an unexpected order to return to the Far East after only six hours at Southampton.
Genre: Drama
Subjects: Colonial troops, Indian Army
Releases
Date: 1937Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 83 mins Length: 7539 FeetDialogue (original): English
Credits
(24)
Presents: London Film Productions, [Production Company]: Pendennis Production Company, Distributed by: United Artists, Produced by: Erich Pommer, Production Manager: W.H. Burnside, [Production Manager]: Roland Gillett, Asst. Director: F. Penrose Tennyson, Screen Play by: Clemence Dane, [Screen Play] in collaboration with: Patrick Kirwan, Original Story and Continuity by: Wolfgang Wilhelm, Photography Interiors: James Wong Howe, Photography Exteriors: Hans Schneeberger, Camera Operator: Wilkie Cooper, Film Editor: Jack Dennis, Settings by: Frederick Pusey, [Costumes]: René Hubert, Musical Score by: Richard Addinsell, Musical Director: Muir Mathieson, Sound Recordist: Jack Rogerson, Recording Director: A.W. Watkins, Sound System: Western Electric, [Boom Operator]: John W. Mitchell, [Studio]: Denham Studios
Cast
(31)
Flora Robson (Lucy Blair), Leslie Banks (Colonel Harry Blair), Patricia Hilliard (Nurse Ann Harrison), Sebastian Shaw (Captain Gilbert Reed), Robert Cochran (Smith), Leonora Corbett (Lady Joan), Rène Ray (Elsie Wainwright), Anthony Bushell (Roddy Hammond), Robert Newton (Jim Carter), J.H. Roberts (Dr Pearson), Eliot Makeham (Major Swayle), Martita Hunt (Adela Swayle), Edward Lexy (Sergeant Brough), Maire O'Neill (Mrs Brough), Wally Patch (Sergeant Major Billings), Margaret Moffatt (Mrs Billings), Gertrude Musgrove (Lily Toft), Billy Shine (Corporal Edrich), Alf Goddard (Private Bulger), Edie Martin (Mrs Bulger), Edmund Willard (Private Withers), Phil Ray (Moore), Janet Burnell (Mrs Moore), Jerry Verno (Private George Judd), John Laurie (Private McAllister), David Horne ([John Carlisle]), Vernon Harris ([Harry]), Katie Johnson ([mother of soldier in hospital]), Vi Kaley, Peter Copley, Frederick Piper ([uncredited])
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library
(8)
In: Kinematograph Weekly n1917 13 Jan 1944Title: [Kinematograph Weekly - n1917 13 Jan 1944: no known title]Language: English
In: Today's Cinema v62 n4979 11 Jan 1944
Title: [Today's Cinema - v62 n4979 11 Jan 1944: no known title]Language: English
Description: Re-issue.
In: Kinematograph Weekly n1834 11 Jun 1942
Title: [Kinematograph Weekly - n1834 11 Jun 1942: no known title]Language: English
In: Today's Cinema v58 n4735 12 Jun 1942
Title: [Today's Cinema - v58 n4735 12 Jun 1942: no known title]Language: English
Description: Re-issue.
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v4 n44 August 1937 Page: 165
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v4 n44 August 1937: no known title]Language: English
In: Kinematograph Weekly n1568 6 May 1937
Title: [Kinematograph Weekly - n1568 6 May 1937: no known title]Language: English
In: The Picturegoer v7 n316 12 Jun 1937 Page: 28
Title: [The Picturegoer - v7 n316 12 Jun 1937: no known title]Language: English
Description: Synopsis.
In: Today's Cinema v47 n3471 25 Nov 1936
Title: [Today's Cinema - v47 n3471 25 Nov 1936: no known title]Language: English
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(7)
Accessible materials to view(3)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 7483 FeetStock date: 1980BFI identifier: C-53686
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: VHS cassetteDuration: 80.3 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-1025171
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Description: Digital BetacamDuration: 80.3 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-1025170
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Video materials(2)
Description: VHS cassetteDuration: 80.3 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-1025171
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Description: Digital BetacamDuration: 80.3 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-1025170
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Film materials(5)
Description: 35mm Base: NitrateSound: MixedLength: 116 FeetBFI identifier: C-53685
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film - suitable for duplication
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: NitrateSound: CombinedLength: 7397 FeetBFI identifier: C-53684
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 7483 FeetStock date: 1980BFI identifier: C-53686
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: SafetySound: Combined as MuteLength: 7491 FeetBFI identifier: C-53682
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Re-recorded NegativeBase: SafetySound: SoundLength: 7684 FeetBFI identifier: C-53683
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film