The Small Back Room (Original title)Hour of Glory (Alternative title)
Date: 21 February 1949 (Release)Country: United Kingdom: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Synopsis: A research scientist achieves the heights of bravery after intense depression with a deformed foot and a quarrel by dismantling a complicated unexploded bomb.
Genres: Thriller, War
Subjects: World War II, Unexploded bombs
Releases
Date: 1949not specifiedRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundAspect ratio: 1.375:1Length: 7670 FeetDialogue (original): English
Date: 21 February 1949Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - Sound - MonoRuntime: 111 mins Length: 9627 FeetDialogue (original): English
Title: Reviews: DVDs: The Small Back RoomAuthor: MACNAB, Geoffrey Article type: DVD ReviewLanguage: English
In: Film Comment v45 n3 May/Jun 2009 Pages: 20-21
Title: And one for allAuthor: RATNER, Megan Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Article on The SMALL BACK ROOM, suggesting that it is one of Powell and Pressburger's best films.
In: Sight and Sound v18 n11 November 2008 Page: 89
Title: Reviews: DVDs: The Small Back RoomAuthor: STABLES, Kate Article type: DVD ReviewLanguage: English
In: Cinema Scope n36 Autumn 2008 Pages: 62-65
Title: DVD Bonus: The Small Back Room: A Bow Made in EnglandAuthor: HENTZI, Gary Article type: DVD ReviewLanguage: English
Description: Reappraisal of The SMALL BACK ROOM on its DVD release.
In: Sight and Sound v17 n8 August 2007 Page: 11
Title: Rushes: AlcoholArticle type: FilmographyLanguage: English
Description: A listing of five fiction films about alcohol and its effect s: DAYS OF WINE AND ROSES / The LOST WEEKEND / The SMALL BAC K ROOM / Le FEU FOLLET / YOIDORE TENSHI.
In: Edinburgh Film Festival Catalogue v59th 2005 Page: 127
Title: [Edinburgh Film Festival Catalogue - v59th 2005: no known title]Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
Description: Screened in Michael Powell retrospective. Gives details of print source.
In: Radio Times v247 n3230 12 Oct 1985 Page: 17
Title: [Radio Times - v247 n3230 12 Oct 1985: no known title]Language: English
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v51 n610 November 1984 Pages: 358-359
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v51 n610 November 1984: no known title]Language: English
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v51 n611 December 1984 Page: 392
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v51 n611 December 1984: no known title]Language: English
Description: Brief note on cuts in the film since its original release.
In: Motion Picture Herald v186 n8 23 Feb 1952
Title: [Motion Picture Herald - v186 n8 23 Feb 1952: no known title]Language: English
In: Today's Cinema v72 n5755 21 Jan 1949 Page: 6
Title: [Today's Cinema - v72 n5755 21 Jan 1949: no known title]Language: English
In: Page: 40
Title: [ - : no known title]
Author: Price, Hollie Pages: xiv, 242 pages
Title: Powell & Pressburger: a cinema of magic spaces
Author: MOOR, Andrew Pages: xii, 250 p.
Title: "Why can't you scientists leave things alone?" Science questioned in British films of the post-war period (1945-1970)
Author: JONES, Robert A. Pages: p.
Title: Boffin: a stereotype of scientists in post-war British films (1945-1970)
Author: JONES, Robert A. Pages: p.
Title: The small back room
Author: BALCHIN, Nigel Pages: 192p
Description: Originally published: William Collins, 1943.
Date: 21 February 1949 (Release)Country: United Kingdom: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Synopsis: A research scientist achieves the heights of bravery after intense depression with a deformed foot and a quarrel by dismantling a complicated unexploded bomb.
Genres: Thriller, War
Subjects: World War II, Unexploded bombs
Releases
Date: 1949not specifiedRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundAspect ratio: 1.375:1Length: 7670 FeetDialogue (original): English
Date: 21 February 1949Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - Sound - MonoRuntime: 111 mins Length: 9627 FeetDialogue (original): English
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library
(12)
In: Sight and Sound v19 n6 June 2009 Pages: 86-87Title: Reviews: DVDs: The Small Back RoomAuthor: MACNAB, Geoffrey Article type: DVD ReviewLanguage: English
In: Film Comment v45 n3 May/Jun 2009 Pages: 20-21
Title: And one for allAuthor: RATNER, Megan Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Article on The SMALL BACK ROOM, suggesting that it is one of Powell and Pressburger's best films.
In: Sight and Sound v18 n11 November 2008 Page: 89
Title: Reviews: DVDs: The Small Back RoomAuthor: STABLES, Kate Article type: DVD ReviewLanguage: English
In: Cinema Scope n36 Autumn 2008 Pages: 62-65
Title: DVD Bonus: The Small Back Room: A Bow Made in EnglandAuthor: HENTZI, Gary Article type: DVD ReviewLanguage: English
Description: Reappraisal of The SMALL BACK ROOM on its DVD release.
In: Sight and Sound v17 n8 August 2007 Page: 11
Title: Rushes: AlcoholArticle type: FilmographyLanguage: English
Description: A listing of five fiction films about alcohol and its effect s: DAYS OF WINE AND ROSES / The LOST WEEKEND / The SMALL BAC K ROOM / Le FEU FOLLET / YOIDORE TENSHI.
In: Edinburgh Film Festival Catalogue v59th 2005 Page: 127
Title: [Edinburgh Film Festival Catalogue - v59th 2005: no known title]Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
Description: Screened in Michael Powell retrospective. Gives details of print source.
In: Radio Times v247 n3230 12 Oct 1985 Page: 17
Title: [Radio Times - v247 n3230 12 Oct 1985: no known title]Language: English
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v51 n610 November 1984 Pages: 358-359
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v51 n610 November 1984: no known title]Language: English
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v51 n611 December 1984 Page: 392
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v51 n611 December 1984: no known title]Language: English
Description: Brief note on cuts in the film since its original release.
In: Motion Picture Herald v186 n8 23 Feb 1952
Title: [Motion Picture Herald - v186 n8 23 Feb 1952: no known title]Language: English
In: Today's Cinema v72 n5755 21 Jan 1949 Page: 6
Title: [Today's Cinema - v72 n5755 21 Jan 1949: no known title]Language: English
In: Page: 40
Title: [ - : no known title]
Books held in BFI Reuben Library
(5)
Title: Picturing home: domestic life and modernity in 1940s British filmAuthor: Price, Hollie Pages: xiv, 242 pages
Title: Powell & Pressburger: a cinema of magic spaces
Author: MOOR, Andrew Pages: xii, 250 p.
Title: "Why can't you scientists leave things alone?" Science questioned in British films of the post-war period (1945-1970)
Author: JONES, Robert A. Pages: p.
Title: Boffin: a stereotype of scientists in post-war British films (1945-1970)
Author: JONES, Robert A. Pages: p.
Title: The small back room
Author: BALCHIN, Nigel Pages: 192p
Description: Originally published: William Collins, 1943.