Wings of the Morning (1937)
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Wings of the Morning (GBR 1937, Harold D. Schuster) was the first British three-strip Technicolor film.
Credits: BFI National Archive and National Science and Media Museum Bradford (Kodak Film Samples Collection).
Photographs of the Technicolor No. IV dye-transfer safety prints by Barbara Flueckiger, Josephine Diecke, SNSF project Film Colors. Technologies, Cultures, Institutions and Joëlle Kost, ERC Advanced Grant FilmColors.
Contemporary Reception:
Anonymous (1937): Motion Picture Daily’s Hollywood Preview. Wings of the Morning. In: Motion Picture Daily, 41,6, Jan., p. 7. View Quote
Full text on the Media History Digital Library website. View Link
Anonymous (1937): Reviews of the New Films. Wings of the Morning. In: The Film Daily, 71,27, Feb., p. 7. View Quote
Full text on the Media History Digital Library website. View Link
Anonymous (1937): The Shadow Stage. A Review of the New Pictures. Wings of the Morning. In: Photoplay, LI,4, Apr., on p. 102. View Quote
Anonymous (1937): Wings of the Morning with Annabella and Henry Fonda. In: Harrison’s Reports, XIX,6, Feb., p. 23. View Quote
Full text on the Media History Digital Library website. View Link
Street, Sarah (2012): Colour Films in Britain. The Negotiation of Innovation 1900–55. Basingstoke, Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan, on p. 60. View Quote
Selected Analyses:
Huntley, John (1949): British Technicolor Films. Cornhill, London: Skelton Robinson, on pp. 20–25. View Quote
Slide, Anthony (1986): Wings of the Morning, an Important Film. In: American Cinematographer, 67,2, pp. 36–40, on pp. 39–40. View Quote
Street, Sarah (2009): ‘Colour Consciousness’. Natalie Kalmus and Technicolor in Britain. In: Screen, 50,2, pp. 191‒215, on pp. 199–206. View Quote
Street, Sarah (2012): Colour Films in Britain. The Negotiation of Innovation 1900–55. Basingstoke, Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan, on pp. 59–65. View Quote
Production Reports:
Cardiff, Jack (1996): Magic Hour. London; Boston: Faber and Faber, on p. 49. View Quote
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ShowHide detailsDye-transfer print. Credit: Courtesy of BFI National Archive. Photograph by Barbara Flueckiger. Film: Wings of the Morning (GB 1937, Harold D. Schuster). -
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ShowHide detailsDye-transfer print. Credit: Courtesy of BFI National Archive. Photograph by Barbara Flueckiger. Film: Wings of the Morning (GB 1937, Harold D. Schuster). -
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ShowHide detailsDye-transfer print. Credit: Courtesy of BFI National Archive. Photograph by Barbara Flueckiger. Film: Wings of the Morning (GB 1937, Harold D. Schuster). -
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ShowHide detailsDye-transfer print. Credit: Courtesy of BFI National Archive. Photograph by Barbara Flueckiger. Film: Wings of the Morning (GB 1937, Harold D. Schuster). -
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ShowHide detailsDye-transfer print. Credit: Courtesy of BFI National Archive. Photograph by Barbara Flueckiger. Film: Wings of the Morning (GB 1937, Harold D. Schuster). -
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ShowHide detailsDye-transfer print. Credit: Courtesy of BFI National Archive. Photograph by Barbara Flueckiger. Film: Wings of the Morning (GB 1937, Harold D. Schuster). -
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ShowHide detailsDye-transfer print. Credit: Courtesy of BFI National Archive. Photograph by Barbara Flueckiger. Film: Wings of the Morning (GB 1937, Harold D. Schuster). -
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ShowHide detailsDye-transfer print. Credit: Courtesy of BFI National Archive. Photograph by Barbara Flueckiger. Film: Wings of the Morning (GB 1937, Harold D. Schuster). -
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ShowHide detailsDye-transfer print. Credit: Courtesy of BFI National Archive. Photograph by Barbara Flueckiger. Film: Wings of the Morning (GB 1937, Harold D. Schuster). -
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ShowHide detailsDye-transfer print. Credit: Courtesy of BFI National Archive. Photograph by Barbara Flueckiger. Film: Wings of the Morning (GB 1937, Harold D. Schuster). -
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ShowHide detailsDye-transfer print. Credit: Courtesy of BFI National Archive. Photograph by Barbara Flueckiger. Film: Wings of the Morning (GB 1937, Harold D. Schuster). -
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ShowHide detailsDye-transfer print. Credit: Courtesy of BFI National Archive. Photograph by Barbara Flueckiger. Film: Wings of the Morning (GB 1937, Harold D. Schuster). -
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ShowHide detailsWings of the Morning (GB 1937, Harold D. Schuster). Credits: National Science and Media Museum Bradford (Kodak Film Samples Collection). Photographs of the Technicolor No. IV dye-transfer safety prints by Josephine Diecke, SNSF project Film Colors. Technologies, Cultures, Institutions and Joëlle Kost, ERC Advanced Grant FilmColors. -
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ShowHide detailsWings of the Morning (GB 1937, Harold D. Schuster). Credits: National Science and Media Museum Bradford (Kodak Film Samples Collection). Photographs of the Technicolor No. IV dye-transfer safety prints by Josephine Diecke, SNSF project Film Colors. Technologies, Cultures, Institutions and Joëlle Kost, ERC Advanced Grant FilmColors. -
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ShowHide detailsWings of the Morning (GB 1937, Harold D. Schuster). Credits: National Science and Media Museum Bradford (Kodak Film Samples Collection). Photographs of the Technicolor No. IV dye-transfer safety prints by Josephine Diecke, SNSF project Film Colors. Technologies, Cultures, Institutions and Joëlle Kost, ERC Advanced Grant FilmColors. -
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ShowHide detailsWings of the Morning (GB 1937, Harold D. Schuster). Credits: National Science and Media Museum Bradford (Kodak Film Samples Collection). Photographs of the Technicolor No. IV dye-transfer safety prints by Josephine Diecke, SNSF project Film Colors. Technologies, Cultures, Institutions and Joëlle Kost, ERC Advanced Grant FilmColors.
