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BELL TELEPHONE HOUR, THE: THE MIKADO (GROUCHO MARX) (TV)
Summary
One in this series of music programs. The first season ends with a spectacular from Hollywood, one of the Telephone Hour's most acclaimed programs, a television adaptation of Gilbert and Sullivan's classic comic opera "The Mikado," starring Groucho Marx. "The Mikado" was first produced at the Savoy Theatre approximately 75 years earlier. Producer Martyn Green serves as host and introduces the principals in starring roles. The program was originally broadcast in color, but is only available on black-and-white kinescope. Includes commercials.
Details
- NETWORK: NBC
- DATE: April 29, 1960 8:30 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 0:59:17
- COLOR/B&W: B&W
- CATALOG ID: T90:0064
- GENRE: Music
- SUBJECT HEADING: Music; Opera; Comedy
- SERIES RUN: NBC - TV series, 1959-1968
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Barry Wood … Executive Producer
- Martyn Green … Producer, Adapted by, Host
- Robert Dwan … Associate Producer
- Ed Cosgrove … Associate Producer
- Norman Campbell … Director
- William Gilbert … Composer
- Arthur Sullivan … Composer
- Donald Voorhees … Theme Music by, Theme "The Bell Telephone Waltz" by, Conductor
- Jack Regas … Choreographer
- Norman Luboff … Choral Director
- Norman Luboff Choir, The … Choir/Chorus
- Bell Telephone Orchestra, The … Music Group
- Groucho Marx … Cast, Ko-Ko
- Stanley Holloway … Cast, Pooh-Bah
- Robert Rounseville … Cast, Nanki-Pooh
- Barbara Meister … Cast, Yum-Yum
- Dennis King … Cast, Mikado
- Helen Traubel … Cast, Katisha
- Melinda Marx … Cast, Peep-Bo
- Sharon Randall … Cast, Pitti-Sing
- Gilbert and Sullivan