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The Mikado : Bell Telephone Hour 1960
- Title
- The Mikado : Bell Telephone Hour 1960 / music by Arthur Sullivan ; libretto by W.S. Gilbert.
- Publication
- Pleasantville, NY : Video Artists International, [2012], ©2012.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moving image | Use in library | MUSDVD1643 | Off-site |
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- Description
- 1 videodisc (52 min.) : sound, black and white; 4 3/4 in.
- Summary
- For the legendary comic actor Groucho Marx, playing the role of Ko-Ko in The Mikado fulfilled a lifelong ambition. The Mikado was Groucho's favorite among the works of his beloved Gilbert and Sullivan, and the 1960 Bell Telephone Hour production was adapted for television and directed by Martyn Green, a man Groucho revered as an authority on interpreting the role of Ko-Ko.
- Uniform Title
- Bell Telephone hour (Television program)
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Television programs.
- Opera television programs.
- Note
- Title from container.
- Originally broadcast on television April 29, 1960.
- Special features: The Mikado Revisited: audio commentary by Dick Cavett, Melinda Marx Leung, Barbara Meister and more; commercials from the original 1960 telecast; Martyn Green in scenes from H.M.S. Pinafore.
- Performer (note)
- Stanley Holloway, Groucho Marx, Helen Traubel, Dennis King, Robert Rounseville; Martyn Green, host; The Bell Telephone Hour Orchestra; Normal Luboff Choir; Donald Voorhees, conductor.
- System Details (note)
- DVD, region 0, full screen (4:3) presentation, mono., NTSC.
- LCCN
- 089948455493
- OCLC
- ocn801842031
- 801842031
- SCSB-9442522
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries