Spring Song (Original title)Springtime (Alternative title)
Date: 09 December 1946 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirector: Montgomery Tully
Synopsis: When Group Captain Tony Winster gives Janet Ware a brooch in Oxford in 1911 his father turned him out of the house. In the present, Mrs Ware explains the history of the brooch and its significance for Janet's mother and Tony's relatives. Like his familial predecessor, Tony disappears, a fact reported by the newspapers, until it comes to light that he is attempting to set an air speed record in a new jet plane.
Genre: Musical
Subject: Air transport
Releases
Date: 1946Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 87 mins Length: 7816 FeetDialogue (original): English
Title: [Today's Cinema - v67 n5407 11 Oct 1946: no known title]Language: English
In: Kinematograph Weekly n2070 19 Dec 1946
Title: [Kinematograph Weekly - n2070 19 Dec 1946: no known title]Language: English
In: Motion Picture Herald v165 n4 26 Oct 1946
Title: [Motion Picture Herald - v165 n4 26 Oct 1946: no known title]Language: English
In: Kinematograph Weekly n2061 17 Oct 1946
Title: [Kinematograph Weekly - n2061 17 Oct 1946: no known title]Language: English
In: Page: 149
Title: [ - : no known title]
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(4)
Film materials(4)
Description: 35mm Duplicating PositiveBase: SafetySound: MuteLength: 7557 FeetBFI identifier: C-884029
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Master PositiveBase: CTASound: SoundLength: 7585 FeetBFI identifier: C-653678
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Original NegativeBase: NitrateSound: SoundLength: 7543 FeetStock date: 1946BFI identifier: C-161113
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Original NegativeBase: NitrateSound: MuteLength: 7557 FeetStock date: 1946BFI identifier: C-161114
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Date: 09 December 1946 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirector: Montgomery Tully
Synopsis: When Group Captain Tony Winster gives Janet Ware a brooch in Oxford in 1911 his father turned him out of the house. In the present, Mrs Ware explains the history of the brooch and its significance for Janet's mother and Tony's relatives. Like his familial predecessor, Tony disappears, a fact reported by the newspapers, until it comes to light that he is attempting to set an air speed record in a new jet plane.
Genre: Musical
Subject: Air transport
Releases
Date: 1946Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 87 mins Length: 7816 FeetDialogue (original): English
Credits
(25)
Production Company: British National Films, Producer: Louis H. Jackson, Production Director: Fred A. Swann, Assistant Director: Robert Asher, Screenplay: Montgomery Tully, Screenplay: James Seymour, Original Story: Lore Cowan, Maurice Cowan, Director of Photography: Ernest Palmer, Camera Operator: Moray Grant, [Focus Puller]: John Dean, [Camera Assistant]: Brian West, Patrick Hannen, Editor: Monica Kimick, [1st Assistant Editor]: Peter Pitt, Art Director: Wilfred Arnold, Wardrobe Supervisor: Maude Churchill, Make-up Artist: Harry Hayward, Hair: A.G. Scott, Lyrics: Alan Stranks, Music Composed and Directed by: Hans May, Dance Director: Jack Billings, Sound Recordist: George Adams, Studio: British National Studios
Cast
(35)
Carol Raye (Janet Hill/Janet Ware), Peter Graves (Group Captain Tony Winster), Leni Lynn (Vera Dale), George Carney (Stage Door Keeper), Laurence O'Madden (Johnnie Ware), Netta Westcott (Lady Norchester), Alan Wheatley (Mennelli), Peter Penn (Carrington), Howard Douglas (Stage manager), Maire O'Neill (Dresser), Harold Franklin (Shop assistant), Melville Crawford (Friend (Pilots Room)), Kathleen Heath (Barmaid (Theatre bar)), Albert Chevalier (1st Guard (Airfield)), Alan Reid (Unndergraduate), Gordon Edwards (Stage Manager), Moss Griffiths (Butler (Norchester's House)), Charles Paton (Stage Door Keeper), Horace Kenney (Cab Driver), Gerhardt Kempinski (Picardy Hotel Manager), David Keir (Pawnshop Broker), Finlay Currie (Cobb), Lois Maxwell (Penelope Cobb), Richard Molinas (Croupier), Roy Sergeant (Messenger Boy), Charles E. Banks (Theatre Band Conductor), Emanuel Francois (Gambling Club Waiter), Joseph Fisher (Driver (of Brake)), Walter Anton (Singing Shepherd), George Bailey, John Fraser, Judith Kozubei, Geraldine O'Brien (Singer), John Serret (Picardy Hotel waiter), Jack Billings (Dancer)
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library
(5)
In: Today's Cinema v67 n5407 11 Oct 1946Title: [Today's Cinema - v67 n5407 11 Oct 1946: no known title]Language: English
In: Kinematograph Weekly n2070 19 Dec 1946
Title: [Kinematograph Weekly - n2070 19 Dec 1946: no known title]Language: English
In: Motion Picture Herald v165 n4 26 Oct 1946
Title: [Motion Picture Herald - v165 n4 26 Oct 1946: no known title]Language: English
In: Kinematograph Weekly n2061 17 Oct 1946
Title: [Kinematograph Weekly - n2061 17 Oct 1946: no known title]Language: English
In: Page: 149
Title: [ - : no known title]
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(4)
Film materials(4)
Description: 35mm Duplicating PositiveBase: SafetySound: MuteLength: 7557 FeetBFI identifier: C-884029
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Master PositiveBase: CTASound: SoundLength: 7585 FeetBFI identifier: C-653678
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Original NegativeBase: NitrateSound: SoundLength: 7543 FeetStock date: 1946BFI identifier: C-161113
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Original NegativeBase: NitrateSound: MuteLength: 7557 FeetStock date: 1946BFI identifier: C-161114
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film