A Song for Tomorrow

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A Song for Tomorrow
A Song for Tomorrow (1948 film).jpg
Original British quad poster
Directed by Terence Fisher
Screenplay by W.E.C. Fairchild
Story byW.E.C. Fairchild
Produced byRalph Nunn-May
Starring Ralph Michael
Evelyn Maccabe
Cinematography Walter J. Harvey (as Walter Harvey)
Edited byGordon Pilkington
Music by William Blezard
Production
companies
Highbury Productions
Production Facilities
Distributed by General Film Distributors (UK)
Release date
  • 7 June 1948 (1948-06-07)(UK)
Running time
60 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

A Song for Tomorrow is a 1948 second feature ('B') [1] drama film directed by Terence Fisher in his directorial debut. [2] It stars Evelyn Maccabe and Ralph Michael. [3] The screenplay by W.E.C. Fairchild concerns a World War II fighter pilot who suffers amnesia.

Contents

Premise

Derek Wardell is a World War II RAF fighter pilot who suffers amnesia, remembering only the voice of opera singer Helen Maxwell, with whom he falls in love. [4]

Cast

Production

It was made at Highbury Studios.

Critical reception

The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "The script, production and acting are shoddy and insignificant. The only redeeming feature of the film is the contralto voice of Evelyn McCabe, which gives an unexpected richness to an otherwise poor effort." [5]

Kine Weekly wrote: "'On the cuff' dramatic musical, with psychiatric trimmings. It introduces Evelyn McCabe, a most promising vocalist, but it has little else to recommend it. The acting is, with a few exceptions, amateurish, and the script novelettish. Poor." [6]

TV Guide wrote, "A touch of amnesia on the audience's part would help them forget this insipid mess." [7]

References

  1. ↑ Chibnall, Steve; McFarlane, Brian (2009). The British 'B' Film. London: BFI/Bloomsbury. p. 70. ISBN   978-1-8445-7319-6.
  2. ↑ "A Song for Tomorrow". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 24 March 2025.
  3. ↑ "Song for Tomorrow (1948)". BFI . Archived from the original on 12 February 2017.
  4. ↑ "A Song for Tomorrow (1948) - Terence Fisher - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related - AllMovie".
  5. ↑ "A Song for Tomorrow". The Monthly Film Bulletin . 15 (169): 109. 1 January 1948. ProQuest   1305810243 – via ProQuest.
  6. ↑ "A Song for Tomorrow". Kine Weekly . 376 (2145): 17. 10 June 1948. ProQuest   2732614465.
  7. ↑ "A Song For Tomorrow". TV Guide . Archived from the original on 13 February 2017. Retrieved 24 March 2025.
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