- BFI identifier2477
- Date1926 (Release)
- Production countryUnited Kingdom
- Production company
- SynopsisScenes from the 1926 D'Oyly Carte `The Mikado' production designed by Charles Ricketts. "Exclusive `Mirror' pictures in colour of the world famous Gilbert & Sullivan opera, showing the new designs by Mr. Charles Ricketts, A.R.A.". `The Mikado' is dressed in 1720 period costumes, the excerpts from `The Mikado' include three shot in stencil colour. Charles Ricketts is also seen at work. The Mikado scenes are: Opening chorus `If you want to know who we are'. Entry of the schoolgirls `Comes a train of little ladies'. `Three little maids from school are we'. Scene with KoKo, Nanki Poo, Pooh Bah and others. Entry of Katisha `Your revels cease'. `Braid the raven hair'. Entrance of the Mikado and Katisha `Miya sama, miya sama'; `From every kind...' `The Flowers that bloom in the spring, tra la'. (NFA Catalogue)
- CategoryNon Fiction
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Title
The Mikado (Original)
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Work - 2477 - 1926 (Release)
United Kingdom - Film - Non Fiction
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