A Song for Tomorrow
1948 British film by Terence Fisher
- 7 June 1948 (1948-06-07) (UK)
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A Song for Tomorrow is a 1948 second feature drama film directed by Terence Fisher in his directorial debut. It stars Evelyn Maccabe and Ralph Michael.[1][2] The screenplay concerns a World War II fighter pilot who suffers amnesia.
It was made at Highbury Studios as a second feature.
Premise
A World War II fighter pilot suffers amnesia, and remembers only the voice of an opera singer, with whom he falls in love.[3]
Cast
- Evelyn Maccabe as Helen Maxwell
- Ralph Michael as Roger Stanton
- James Hayter as Nicholas Klaussman
- Christopher Lee as Auguste
- Conrad Phillips as Lieutenant Fenton
- Shaun Noble as Derek Wardell
- Ethel Coleridge as Woman in Cinema
- Carleen Lord as Helen's Dresser
- Yvonne Forster as Nurse
- Martin Boddey as Major
- Sam Kydd as Sergeant
- Lockwood West as Mr Stokes
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."[4]
Critical reception
TV Guide wrote, "A touch of amnesia on the audience's part would help them forget this insipid mess."[5]
References
- ^ "A Song for Tomorrow". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
- ^ "Song for Tomorrow (1948)". Archived from the original on 12 February 2017.
- ^ "A Song for Tomorrow (1948) - Terence Fisher - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related - AllMovie".
- ^ "A Song for Tomorrow". The Monthly Film Bulletin. 15 (169): 109. 1 January 1948 – via ProQuest.
- ^ "A Song For Tomorrow".
External links
- A Song for Tomorrow at IMDb
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Films directed by Terence Fisher
- A Song for Tomorrow (1948)
- Colonel Bogey (1948)
- To the Public Danger (1948)
- Portrait from Life (1948)
- Marry Me! (1949)
- The Astonished Heart (1950)
- So Long at the Fair (1950)
- Home to Danger (1951)
- The Last Page (1952)
- Wings of Danger (1952)
- Stolen Face (1952)
- Distant Trumpet (1952)
- Mantrap (1953)
- Four Sided Triangle (1953)
- Spaceways (1953)
- Blood Orange (1953)
- Face the Music (1954)
- Murder by Proxy (1954)
- A Stranger Came Home (1954)
- Final Appointment (1954)
- Mask of Dust (1954)
- Children Galore (1955)
- Stolen Assignment (1955)
- The Flaw (1955)
- The Gelignite Gang (1956)
- The Last Man to Hang (1956)
- Kill Me Tomorrow (1957)
- The Curse of Frankenstein (1957)
- Dracula (1958)
- The Revenge of Frankenstein (1958)
- The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959)
- The Man Who Could Cheat Death (1959)
- The Mummy (1959)
- The Stranglers of Bombay (1960)
- The Brides of Dracula (1960)
- The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll (1960)
- Sword of Sherwood Forest (1960)
- The Curse of the Werewolf (1961)
- The Phantom of the Opera (1962)
- Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace (1962)
- The Horror of It All (1963)
- The Gorgon (1964)
- The Earth Dies Screaming (1964)
- Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966)
- Island of Terror (1966)
- Frankenstein Created Woman (1967)
- Night of the Big Heat (1967)
- The Devil Rides Out (1968)
- Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed (1969)
- Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell (1974)
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