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The Mikado (Criterion Collection) (1939) On Blu-Ray

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Actor:         Kenny Baker, Martyn Green, Sydney Granville, John Barclay, Gregory Stroud
Director:     Victor Schertzinger
Genre:        Musicals
Year:           1939
Studio:        Criterion Collection
Length:       91
Released:   March 29, 2011
Rating:        Not Rated (MPAA Rating)
Format:       Blu-Ray
Misc:           Black & White
Language:  English
Subtitles  :  N/A


DESCRIPTION:

The legendary Gilbert and Sulliavan 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 (One Night of LoveRoad to Singapore). The result is a lavish cinematic retelling of the British political satire set in exotic Japan, with such enduringly popular numbers as “A Wandering Minstrel I” and “Three Little Maids from School Are We,” and featuring performances by American singer Kenny Baker as well as a host of renowned D’Oyly Carte actors, including Martyn Green and Sydney Granville.


 

Special Features

Newly remastered digital transfer, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition

New video interview with Topsy-Turvy director Mike Leigh on The Mikado and its adaptation for the screen

New video interview with Mikado scholars Josephine Lee and Ralph MacPhail Jr., tracing the 1939 filmed version of the opera back to its 1885 stage debut

Short silent film promoting the D’Oyly Carte Opera Company’s 1926 stage performance of The Mikado

PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by critic Geoffrey O’Brien

Actor:         Kenny Baker, Martyn Green, Sydney Granville, John Barclay, Gregory Stroud
Director:     Victor Schertzinger
Genre:        Musicals
Year:           1939
Studio:        Criterion Collection
Length:       91
Released:   March 29, 2011
Rating:        Not Rated (MPAA Rating)
Format:       Blu-Ray
Misc:           Black & White
Language:  English
Subtitles  :  N/A


DESCRIPTION:

The legendary Gilbert and Sulliavan 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 (One Night of LoveRoad to Singapore). The result is a lavish cinematic retelling of the British political satire set in exotic Japan, with such enduringly popular numbers as “A Wandering Minstrel I” and “Three Little Maids from School Are We,” and featuring performances by American singer Kenny Baker as well as a host of renowned D’Oyly Carte actors, including Martyn Green and Sydney Granville.


 

Special Features

Newly remastered digital transfer, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition

New video interview with Topsy-Turvy director Mike Leigh on The Mikado and its adaptation for the screen

New video interview with Mikado scholars Josephine Lee and Ralph MacPhail Jr., tracing the 1939 filmed version of the opera back to its 1885 stage debut

Short silent film promoting the D’Oyly Carte Opera Company’s 1926 stage performance of The Mikado

PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by critic Geoffrey O’Brien

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