Tales of Beatrix Potter (Original title)Peter Rabbit and Tales of Beatrix Potter (Alternative title)
Dates: 1971 (Copyright), 02 April 1971 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirected by: Reginald Mills
Synopsis: Five of Beatrix Potter's stories for children provide the narrative thread for this filmed ballet, which includes guest appearances by some of her other animal characters and a short wordless interlude in which the young Beatrix is shown drawing her pet mouse.
Genre: Musical
Subjects: Children's literature, Potter, Beatrix (1866 - 1943), Dance
Releases
Date: 1971not specifiedRelease type: unknownFormat: not specified - Colour - Technicolor - SoundRuntime: 90 mins Length: 8100 FeetDialogue (original): English
Date: February 2019Country: United KingdomRelease type: InternetFormat: not specified - Colour - SoundRuntime: 90 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: BFIPlayer
Dates: 1971 (Copyright), 02 April 1971 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirected by: Reginald Mills
Synopsis: Five of Beatrix Potter's stories for children provide the narrative thread for this filmed ballet, which includes guest appearances by some of her other animal characters and a short wordless interlude in which the young Beatrix is shown drawing her pet mouse.
Genre: Musical
Subjects: Children's literature, Potter, Beatrix (1866 - 1943), Dance
Releases
Date: 1971not specifiedRelease type: unknownFormat: not specified - Colour - Technicolor - SoundRuntime: 90 mins Length: 8100 FeetDialogue (original): English
Date: February 2019Country: United KingdomRelease type: InternetFormat: not specified - Colour - SoundRuntime: 90 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: BFIPlayer
Credits
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©: EMI Film Productions, Present: EMI Film Productions, Released through: MGM-EMI Film Distributors Ltd., Executive Producer: John Brabourne, Produced by: Richard Goodwin, Unit Manager: Jim Brennan, [Production Secretary]: Elisabeth Woodthorpe, Assistant Director: Jack Causey, Continuity: Maggie Unsworth, Adapted for the screen by: Richard Goodwin, Christine Edzard, Books by: Beatrix Potter, Director of Photography: Austin Dempster, [Photographic Effects]: Tom Howard, Camera Operator: Freddy Cooper, [Assistant Camera, 2nd Camera]: Cedric James, Editor: John Rushton, [Art Director]: John Howell, Sets Designed by: Christine Edzard, Costumes Designed by: Christine Edzard, Wardrobe Supervisor: Dulcie Midwinter, Masks by: Rostislav Doboujinsky, Music by/Conductor: John Lanchbery, Leader of the Orchestra: Charles Taylor, {Music Performed by}: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Musical Reproduction: Brian Culverhouse, Choreography by: Frederick Ashton, [Sound]: Freddie Donahue, Mixer: Len Abbott, Sound Editor: Leslie Hodgson, Publicity: Edna Tromans, Made at: EMI-MGM Elstree Studios
Cast
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Frederick Ashton (Mrs Tiggywinkle), Alexander Grant (Peter Rabbit), Julie Wood (Mrs Tittlemouse), Keith Martin (Johnny Townmouse), Ann Howard (Jemima Puddleduck), Robert Mead (fox), Alexander Grant (Pigling Bland), Garry Grant (Alexander), Sally Ashby (Mrs Pettitoes), Brenda Last (black Berkshire pig), Michael Coleman (Jeremy Fisher), Wayne Sleep (Tom Thumb), Lesley Collier (Hunca Munca), Wayne Sleep (Squirrel Nutkin), Leslie Edwards (owl), Sally Ashby (Tabitha Twitchit), Carole Ainsworth, Avril Bergen, Jill Cooke, Graham Fletcher, Bridget Goodricke, Suzanna Raymond, Rosemary Taylor, Anita Young, Erin Geraghty (Beatrix Potter), Joan Benham (the nurse), Wilfred Babbage (Cox the butler), Pamela Stanley ([old Beatrix])