TY - GEN N2 - The legendary Gilbert and Sullivan troupe, the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, joined forces with Hollywood for this 1939 Technicolor version of the fabled comic opera, the first complete work by the famed duo to be adapted for the screen, directed by musician and Oscar-nominated filmmaker Victor Schertzinger. The result is a lavish cinematic retelling of the British political satire set in exotic Japan. AB - The legendary Gilbert and Sullivan troupe, the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, joined forces with Hollywood for this 1939 Technicolor version of the fabled comic opera, the first complete work by the famed duo to be adapted for the screen, directed by musician and Oscar-nominated filmmaker Victor Schertzinger. The result is a lavish cinematic retelling of the British political satire set in exotic Japan. T1 - The Mikado DA - c2011. CY - [United States] : AU - Sullivan, Arthur, AU - Gilbert, W. S. AU - Schertzinger, Victor. AU - Green, Martyn, AU - Granville, Sydney. AU - Baker, Kenny, ET - Special ed. VL - 559 CN - M1500.S949 CN - M1500.S949 PB - The Criterion Collection, PP - [United States] : LA - Subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing. PY - c2011. N1 - Title from container. N1 - Originally released as a motion picture in 1939. N1 - Special features: New video interviews with director Mike Leigh and Mikado scholars Josephine Lee and Ralph MacPhail, Jr. ; short silent film promoting the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company's 1926 stage performance of The Mikado ; deleted scene with Ko-Ko's "I've got a little list" song ; excerpts from 1939 radio broadcasts of the stage productions The Swing Mikado and The Hot Mikado ; booklet featuring an essay by critic Geoffrey O'Brien. ID - 350496 KW - Operas. SN - 9781604653991 SN - 160465399X TI - The Mikado ER -