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1 May 1939 (USA)
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The son of the Mikado of Japan, a wandering minstrel, falls for a girl who is engaged to her guardian. full summary | full synopsis
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Nominated for Oscar.
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Kenny Baker hogs it but historically of great importance.
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Cast
(Complete credited cast) | Kenny Baker | ... | Nanki-Poo |
| Martyn Green | ... | Ko-Ko |
| Sydney Granville | ... | Pooh-Bah |
| John Barclay | ... | The Mikado |
| Gregory Stroud | ... | Pish-Tush |
| Jean Colin | ... | Yum-Yum |
| Constance Willis | ... | Katisha |
| Elizabeth Paynter | ... | Pitti-Sing |
| Kathleen Naylor | ... | Peep-Bo |
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Also Known As:
The Town of Titipu (UK) (subtitle)
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Runtime:
90 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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1.37 : 1 more
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Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
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USA:TV-G (TV rating) |
Sweden:Btl
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This is the first three-color Technicolor feature to be released by Universal Pictures in the U.S.A.
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Spoofed in The Rodney Dangerfield Show: It's Not Easy Bein' Me (1982) (TV)
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The Criminal Cried as He Dropped Him Down
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This old Technicolor film from 1939 is shown on television quite a lot.
Kenny Baker is a taste I never acquired (Dennis Day, his successor on the Jack Benny show was much more bearable.) and, especially in the prologue, he's all over the place. He even sings "The Sun and I" which is one of Yum Yum's songs, though she later sings it as well.
Kenny's problem is not only his American accent but his really overripe tenor and equally overripe smile gets quite irritating after a while, at least to me.
Despite all this, the film is an important record of the D'Oyly Carte company in 1939 and especially of Martyn Green's performance. And I'm pleased they didn't cut the madrigal. A most interesting film for its time.
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