My Brother Jonathan (Original title)
Date: 29 March 1948 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirector: Harold French
Synopsis: Period drama set around the start of the First World War. A young doctor, Jonathan Dakers, is forced by family finances to forego his training to be a consultant and to take up general practice, which he does in the Midlands mining town of Wednesford, working among the poor half of the town. He is in love with his childhood sweetheart, Edie Martyn, but she has grown to love his dashing brother Harold. When Harold goes to war, and is soon killed, Edie brings Jonathan dramatic news: she is pregnant. Jonathan marries her, to save her reputation and to give the boy a father, though by now Jonathan is in love with his medical partner's daughter, Rachel, an intelligent nurse. When Edie dies shortly after giving birth, Jonathan marries Rachel and they raise the boy as their own. The story is told in flashback as Jonathan, now old, explains to his son (now a doctor soldier in the Second World War) about his true parenthhood. The son reassures him that it will change nothing between them.
Genre: Drama
Subjects: Family, Brothers, Doctors, Pregnancy
Releases
Date: 1948Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 108 mins Length: 9696 FeetDialogue (original): English
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(11)
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Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: CTASound: CombinedLength: 9707 FeetBFI identifier: C-670911
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Film materials(11)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: CTASound: CombinedLength: 9707 FeetBFI identifier: C-670911
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Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: NitrateSound: MuteLength: 9700 FeetStock date: 1947BFI identifier: C-644945
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: NitrateSound: SoundLength: 9700 FeetStock date: 1947BFI identifier: C-644946
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Dupe PositiveBase: CTASound: MuteLength: 9725 FeetBFI identifier: C-646177
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Description: 35mm Duplicating PositiveBase: NitrateSound: CombinedLength: 10650 FeetBFI identifier: C-1606912
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Master PositiveBase: SafetySound: SoundLength: 9700 FeetBFI identifier: C-646179
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Description: 35mm NegativeBase: NitrateSound: SoundLength: 11225 FeetStock date: 1947BFI identifier: C-1607110
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Original NegativeBase: NitrateSound: SoundLength: 300 FeetStock date: 1948BFI identifier: C-1606908
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Description: 35mm Original NegativeBase: NitrateSound: SoundLength: 6350 FeetStock date: 1948BFI identifier: C-1606915
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Description: 35mm Original NegativeBase: NitrateSound: SoundLength: 10700 FeetStock date: 1948BFI identifier: C-1606914
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Description: 35mm Original NegativeBase: NitrateSound: MuteLength: 10925 FeetBFI identifier: C-1607053
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Date: 29 March 1948 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirector: Harold French
Synopsis: Period drama set around the start of the First World War. A young doctor, Jonathan Dakers, is forced by family finances to forego his training to be a consultant and to take up general practice, which he does in the Midlands mining town of Wednesford, working among the poor half of the town. He is in love with his childhood sweetheart, Edie Martyn, but she has grown to love his dashing brother Harold. When Harold goes to war, and is soon killed, Edie brings Jonathan dramatic news: she is pregnant. Jonathan marries her, to save her reputation and to give the boy a father, though by now Jonathan is in love with his medical partner's daughter, Rachel, an intelligent nurse. When Edie dies shortly after giving birth, Jonathan marries Rachel and they raise the boy as their own. The story is told in flashback as Jonathan, now old, explains to his son (now a doctor soldier in the Second World War) about his true parenthhood. The son reassures him that it will change nothing between them.
Genre: Drama
Subjects: Family, Brothers, Doctors, Pregnancy
Releases
Date: 1948Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 108 mins Length: 9696 FeetDialogue (original): English
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(11)
Accessible materials to view(1)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: CTASound: CombinedLength: 9707 FeetBFI identifier: C-670911
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Film materials(11)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: CTASound: CombinedLength: 9707 FeetBFI identifier: C-670911
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: NitrateSound: MuteLength: 9700 FeetStock date: 1947BFI identifier: C-644945
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: NitrateSound: SoundLength: 9700 FeetStock date: 1947BFI identifier: C-644946
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Dupe PositiveBase: CTASound: MuteLength: 9725 FeetBFI identifier: C-646177
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Duplicating PositiveBase: NitrateSound: CombinedLength: 10650 FeetBFI identifier: C-1606912
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Master PositiveBase: SafetySound: SoundLength: 9700 FeetBFI identifier: C-646179
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm NegativeBase: NitrateSound: SoundLength: 11225 FeetStock date: 1947BFI identifier: C-1607110
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Original NegativeBase: NitrateSound: SoundLength: 300 FeetStock date: 1948BFI identifier: C-1606908
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Original NegativeBase: NitrateSound: SoundLength: 6350 FeetStock date: 1948BFI identifier: C-1606915
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Original NegativeBase: NitrateSound: SoundLength: 10700 FeetStock date: 1948BFI identifier: C-1606914
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Original NegativeBase: NitrateSound: MuteLength: 10925 FeetBFI identifier: C-1607053
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film