The Mikado, Janus Films ; General Film Distributors, Limited ; based upon the opera by W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan, by arrangement with Rupert D'Oyly Carte ; adapted, conducted, and produced by Geoffrey Toye ; directed by Victor Schertzinger
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Label
The Mikado, Janus Films ; General Film Distributors, Limited ; based upon the opera by W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan, by arrangement with Rupert D'Oyly Carte ; adapted, conducted, and produced by Geoffrey Toye ; directed by Victor Schertzinger
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Main title
The Mikado
Medium
videorecording
Oclc number
707127110
Responsibility statement
Janus Films ; General Film Distributors, Limited ; based upon the opera by W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan, by arrangement with Rupert D'Oyly Carte ; adapted, conducted, and produced by Geoffrey Toye ; directed by Victor Schertzinger
Runtime
91
Series statement
The Criterion collection, 559
Summary
The legendary Gilbert and Sullivan troupe, the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, joined forces with Hollywood for this 1939 Technicolor version of the fabled comic opera, the first complete work by the famed duo to be adapted for the screen, directed by musician and Oscar-nominated filmmaker Victor Schertzinger. The result is a lavish cinematic retelling of the British political satire set in exotic Japan. Nanki-Poo, son of the Mikado of Japan, fled his father's imperial court to escape marriage with Katisha, an elderly lady. Now, disguised as a traveling musician, he meets and falls in love with Yum-Yum, the young ward of Ko-Ko, a cheap tailor in the town of Titipu. Yum-Yum, however, is already betrothed to her guardian, and Nanki-Poo is in despair
Table Of Contents
Prologue -- "The sun and I" -- "A wand'ring minstrel" -- The Lord High Executioner -- "Three little maids" -- "To Ko-Ko plighted" -- The substitute -- Wedding day -- "Here's a how-de-do" -- "A more humane Mikado" -- "The criminal cried" -- A dead man -- "Willow, tit willow" -- Finale -- Color bars
Target audience
general
Technique
live action
Classification
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- Skall, W. V., William V., 1898-1976
- Charlot, Philip
- Green, Martyn, 1899-1975
- Stroud, Gregory
- Gilbert, W. S., William Schwenck, 1836-1911
- Willis, Constance
- Sullivan, Arthur, 1842-1900
- Brinton, Ralph
- Knowles, Bernard, 1900-1975
- Vertès, Marcel, 1895-1961
- D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus
- Nickell-Lean, Elizabeth
- Toye, Geoffrey, 1889-1942
- Naylor, Kathleen, 1912-1974
- Janus Films
- Baker, Kenny, 1912-1985
- Granville, Sydney
- Colin, Jean, 1905-1989
- Barclay, John, 1892-1978
- Milford, Gene
- General Film Distributors
- Criterion Collection (Firm)
- D'Oyly Carte, Rupert
- London Symphony Orchestra
- Schertzinger, Victor
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