Word: mikados
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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CURRENT & CHOICE Young Mr. Lincoln (Henry Fonda, Marjorie Weaver, Donald Meek; TIME, June 12). Stolen Life (Elisabeth Bergner, Michael Redgrave; TIME, June 5). The Mikado (Kenny Baker, Jean Colin, Martyn Green; TIME, June 5). Goodbye, Mr. Chips (Robert Donat, Greer Garson; TIME...
...Mikado (Kenny Baker, Jean Colin, Martyn Green; TIME, June...
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...Schertzinger Mikado, adapted by Conductor Geoffrey Toye, contains no word that Gilbert, no note that Sullivan, did not write. A few omissions include the duet between Katisha and Ko-Ko, There is beauty in the bellow of the blast and Ko-Ko's song I've got a little list. Sets are far handsomer than any ever seen on the Savoyard stage. Sound recording is approximately perfect. On close inspection, cinemaddicts will note that the Mikado's story conforms strictly to Boy-Meets-Girl pattern; and that Gilbert & Sullivan have not yet been topped...
...opera to the screen when he had Grace Moore trill in One Night of Love, thus setting the fashion for innumerable musical films. Since all works of Gilbert & Sullivan (except The Pirates of Penzance) are in the public domain in the U. S., he could easily have produced The Mikado in Hollywood without paying royalties to the D'Oyly Carte Company, which owns the English rights. Instead, he went abroad to collaborate with Producer Toye, who got the D'Oyly Carte's wholehearted cooperation. The Mikado cost about $1,000,000. Newcomers to Gilbert & Sullivan...