Summary
The Story of Gilbert and Sullivan is a British film first released in 1953,
directed by Sidney Gilliat.
The film stars Robert Morley, Maurice Evans, Eileen Herlie, Martyn Green and Peter Finch.
It has also been released under the title: Gilbert and Sullivan.
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Credits
- Director: Sidney Gilliat
- Script: Leslie Bailey, Leslie Baily, William S. Gilbert, Sidney Gilliat
- Photo: Christopher Challis
- Cast: 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), Ian Wallace (Captain), Owen Brannigan (Principal bass baritone), Richard Warner (Cellier), Perlita Neilson (Lettie), Charlotte Mitchell (Charlotte), Kenneth Downey (Counsel for the plaintiff in ’Trial by Jury’), Sylvia Clarke (Gianetta in ’The Gondoliers’), Stella Riley (Millicent), Leonard Sachs (Smythe), Philip Ray (Theater manager), John Rae (Ferguson), George Cross (Stage manager), George Woodbridge (Reporter), Robert Brooks Turner (Doorman), Anthony Green (Office boy), Gron Davies (Ancestral ghost in ’Ruddigore’), Arthur Howard (Usher in ’Trial by Jury’), John Banks (Strephon in ’Iolanthe’), John B. Hughes (Train bearer in ’Iolanthe’), Thomas Round (Defendant in ’Trial by Jury’), Harold Williams (Judge in ’Trial by Jury’), Muriel Brunskill (Principal contralto), Muir Mathieson (Conductor), Harold Lang (Singer), Jennifer Vyvyan (Singer), Gordon Clinton (Singer), John Cameron (Singer), Webster Booth (Singer), John Cuneton (Singer), Joan Gilligham (Singer), Elsie Morison (Singer), Richard Morris (Midshipman in ’H.M.S. Pinafore’), Kenneth Mosely (Pish Tush in ’The Mikado’), Marjorie Thomas (Singer), Anthony Snell, Frank Williams (Extra)
- Country: UK
- Language: English
- Runtime: 109 min
- Aka: Gilbert and Sullivan; The Great Gilbert and Sullivan
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