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Reviews of The Small Back Room (1949)
aka Hour of Glory
- Fascinating trivia (and any goofs) connected with the film
- All location & studio details known
- The Embankment scene
- Press Release from London Films, 1949
- Link to -> Contemporary review - Monthly Film Bulletin: March, 1949
- Various contemporary reviews
- In The Picture
- TV Guide review
- "Radio Times" film guide
- At the NFT, March 2000
- The League of Gentlemen
Did the post-war British feature reveal a crisis in masculinity?- A Bow Made in England
CinemaScope article
- Link to -> His Own Executioner: The Life of Nigel Balchin
- Link to -> Betty's Wartime Diary
- Link to -> Senses of Cinema article Adrian Danks
- Link to -> BFI ScreenOnline
- Link to -> DVD Outsider review by Camus of the Warner Home Video DVD
- Link to -> Bil Antoniou's review
DVD Details
Region 1 Released 19 August 2008 Label The Criterion Collection Extras * New, restored high-definition digital transfer
* Audio commentary featuring film scholar Charles Barr
* New video interview with cinematographer Christopher Challis
* Excerpts from Michael Powell's audio dictations for his autobiography
* PLUS: A new essay by film critic Nick James
* SubtitlesRegion 2 Released 31 May 2004 Label Studio Canal / Warner Home Video Extras None
- Comparison of Warner & Criterion DVDs by DVD Beaver
- Variety review of Criterion DVD
- DVD Town review of the Criterion DVD
- DVD Verdict review of the Criterion DVD
- Home Theater Forum review of the Criterion DVD
Pictures from the PaPAS Gallery
Other P&P reviews