The MikadoMovie
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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The Mikado is a 1926 music, documentary movie.
The production information lists a runtime of 4m, production credits from United Kingdom, an original language code of EN.
The credited cast includes Darrell Fancourt, Charles Goulding, Henry Lytton, Leo Sheffield. The synopsis above summarizes the central premise without adding details beyond the available title information.
