The Mikado (1926)
4m
Running Time
May 2, 1926Release Date
Plot.
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.
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Cast & Crew.

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

Janet Adair

William S. Gilbert
Writer

W.S. Gilbert
Writer

Henry Blain

Marjorie Avona

Josephine Ashley
