The Masters  
The Powell & Pressburger Pages

Dedicated to the work of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger and all the other people, both actors and technicians who helped them make those wonderful films.

A lot of the documents have been sent to me or have come from other web sites. The name of the web site is given where known. If I have unintentionally included an image or document that is copyrighted or that I shouldn't have done then please email me and I'll remove it.

I make no money from this site, it's purely for the love of the films.

[Any comments are by me (Steve Crook) and other members of the email list]

  Steve's Logo


Contemporary Reviews of The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943)


The Previews

The Reviews

Note how the American reviewers appear to be quite familiar with the character of Colonel Blimp from the cartoons in the Evening Standard, and assume their readers are as well because they don't explain it much. Many British reviewers, then and now, assume that a cartoon character that only appeared in a London newspaper wouldn't be known in the rest of the UK, let alone in the rest of the world.


Other P&P reviews