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7.2/10   68 votes
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Writers:
Leslie Bailey (writer)
Leslie Baily (book)
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Release Date:
15 February 1953 (Sweden) more
Tagline:
Music! Mirth! Magic! more
Plot:
The common career of W.S. Gilbert,a barrister turned comic writer, and Arthur Sullivan, a classic composer turned converted against his will to light music, who wrote fifteen operettas between 1871 and 1896, to great public acclaim. | add synopsis
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Cast

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Robert Morley ... William S. Gilbert
Maurice Evans ... Arthur Sullivan
Eileen Herlie ... Helen D'Oyly Carte
Martyn Green ... George Grossmith

Peter Finch ... Richard D'Oyly Carte

Dinah Sheridan ... Grace Marston
Isabel Dean ... Mrs. Gilbert
Wilfrid Hyde-White ... Mr. Marston
Muriel Aked ... Queen Victoria
Michael Ripper ... Louis
Bernadette O'Farrell ... Jessie Bond
Ann Hanslip ... Bride
Eric Berry ... Rutland Barrington
Yvonne Marsh ... Second bride
Lloyd Lamble ... Joseph Bennett
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Gilbert and Sullivan (USA)
The Great Gilbert and Sullivan (USA)
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Runtime:
109 min
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Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
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Fun Stuff

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This film contains extracts from the following Gilbert & Sullivan's classics: - Trial by Jury (1875) - H.M.S. Pinafore (1878) - Pirates of Penzance (1879) - Iolanthe (1882) - The Mikado (1885) - Ruddigore (1887) - The Yeomen of the Guard (1888) - The Gondoliers (1889) more

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9 out of 10 people found the following review useful.
The best G&S yet, 11 February 2001
9/10
Author: Fred-36 from Maine

Much was made of "Topsy Turvy" when it came out, but if it's G&S music you're interested in, there's no comparison. The Great G&S wins hands down. Wonderful Maurice Evans, even better Robert Morley, and plenty of operetta excerpts. Wish the film's color quality had held up better with time, and of course today's sound would be better, but this is still a joy to watch and listen to. Wish they had included Princess Ida and Utopia, Ltd., but you can't have everything.

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