| Record Number |
853368 |
| Title |
The story of Gilbert and Sullivan [videorecording]. |
| Publisher/Date |
[Australia] : Umbrella Entertainment, [2021] |
| ©1953. |
| Pagination etc. |
1 DVD-video (approximately 105 minutes) : sound, colour ; 12 cm. |
| Contents note |
"DAVID4324." |
| Originally released as a motion picture in 1953. |
| Creation Note |
Directed by Sidney Gilliat. |
| Performer note |
Robert Morley, Maurice Evans. |
| Summary Note |
This 1953 classic spotlights the careers of W.S. Gilbert (Robert Morley, The African Queen), a barrister turned-comic-writer, and Arthur Sullivan (Maurice Evans, Planet Of The Apes), a classic composer (converted against his will) to light music, who together wrote fourteen operettas between 1871 and 1896, to great public acclaim, including H.M.S. Pinafore, The Pirates of Penzance and Iolanthe. |
| Target audience note |
Censorship classification: G. |
| Language note |
In English. No subtitles. |
| Subject - Name |
Gilbert, W. S.(William Schwenck),1836-1911 -- Drama |
| Sullivan, Arthur, -- Sir,1842-1900 -- Drama |
| Subject |
Composers -- England -- Drama |
| Librettists -- England -- Drama |
| Feature films. |
| Musical films. |
| Biographical films. |
| Added Author |
Gilliat, Sidney film director. |
| Morley, Robert actor. |
| Evans, Maurice, 1901-1989 actor. |
| Shelf Location |
DVD F STOR |
