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The Story of Gilbert and Sullivan

40 %|Feb 14, 1953|Drama, Music

The career of W. S. Gilbert, a barrister turned comic librettist, and Arthur Sullivan, a composer turned against his will to light music, who together wrote fifteen comic operas between 1871 and 1896, to great public acclaim.

Featured Crew

Gerald Turney-Smith
Editor
Leslie Bailey
Writer
Sidney Gilliat
Director
Christopher Challis
Director of Photography
Sidney Gilliat
Writer
Hein Heckroth
Production Design
Ray Hearne
Still Photographer

Cast

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Robert Morley
William S. Gilbert
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Maurice Evans
Arthur Sullivan
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Eileen Herlie
Helen D'Oyly Carte
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Peter Finch
Richard D'Oyly Carte
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Martyn Green
George Grossmith
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Dinah Sheridan
Grace Marston
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Isabel Dean
Mrs. Gilbert
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Muriel Aked
Queen Victoria
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Frank Williams
Singer Rehearsing