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: DVD 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 Love, Road 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: DVD 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 Love, Road 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
