
The Mikado
A short, hand-tinted promotional film made by the D'Oyly Carte Opera company to show off the new wardrobe and set dressing for the 1926 production of The Mikado. About six scenes from The Mikado are shown, then designer Charles Rickets steps onto the stage with a final look at the costumes and the film ends. The players in the production are legendary Savoyards, well-known from recordings of the period, but this is the only time a movie camera caught them in their roles, though sadly minus the singing. About four nitrate prints of this film are known to exist; two of which are at the BFI in London.
The Mikado
May 2, 1926
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Cast (15)

Darrell Fancourt
The Mikado

Charles Goulding
Nanki-Poo

Henry Lytton
Ko-Ko

Leo Sheffield
Pooh-Bah

John Huntington
Pish-Tush

Elsie Griffin
Yum-Yum

Aileen Davies
Pitti-Sing

Beatrice Elburn
Peep-Bo

Bertha Lewis
Katisha

Charles Ricketts
N/A

Janet Adair
N/A

Herbert Aitken
N/A

Josephine Ashley
N/A

Marjorie Avona
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Henry Blain
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Crew (4)
Directing
No data availableWriting

W. S. Gilbert
Writer

Arthur Sullivan
Writer
Production
No data availableSound

W. S. Gilbert
Music

Arthur Sullivan
Music