The Story of Gilbert and Sullivan (1953)

Synopsis

Cast & Credits

• Cast

  • • W. S. Gilbert

      Robert Morley

    • Arthur Sullivan

      Maurice Evans

    • 'Helen Lenoir' D'Oyly Carte

      Eileen Herlie

    • Richard D'Oyly Carte

      Peter Finch

    • George Grossmith

      Martyn Green

    • Grace Marston

      Dinah Sheridan

    • Mrs Gilbert

      Isabel Dean

    • Mr Marston

      Wilfrid Hyde White

    • Queen Victoria

      Muriel Aked

    • Louis

      Michael Ripper

    • Jessie Bond

      Bernadette O'Farrell

    • principal soprano

      Ann Hanslip

    • Rutland Barrington

      Eric Berry

    • principal tenor

      Anthony Snell

    • principal contralto

      Muriel Brunskill

    • principal bass baritone

      Owen Brannigan

    • judge in "Trial by Jury"

      Harold Williams

    • the bride in "Trial by Jury"

      Yvonne Marsh

    • singer

      Round, Tom

    • cast member

      Kenneth Downey

    • cast member

      Sylvia Clarke

    • [Joseph Bennett]

      Lloyd Lamble

    • [singer]

      Webster Booth

    • [singer]

      Elsie Morrison

    • [singer]

      Marjorie Thomas

    • [singer]

      John Cameron

    • [singer]

      Gordon Clinton

    • [singer]

      Jennifer Vyvyan

    • [singer]

      Joan Gillingham

    • cast member

      Muriel Young

    • cast member

      Jacqueline Cox

• Credits

  • Direction:

    • Director

      Sidney Gilliat

    • Assistant Director

      Percy Hermes

    • Continuity

      Paddy Arnold

    Production:

    • Production Company

      London Film Productions

    • Production Company

      British Lion Film Corporation

    • Producer

      Frank Launder

    • Producer

      Sidney Gilliat

    • Associate Producer

      Leslie Gilliat

    • Production Manager

      John Palmer

    • Assistant to the Producers

      Cyril Coke

    Writing:

    • Screenplay

      Sidney Gilliat

    • Screenplay

      Leslie Baily

    • Freely adapted from material by

      Leslie Baily

    Photography:

    • Director of Photography

      Challis, Chris

    • Technicolor Colour Consultant

      Joan Bridge

    • Camera Operator

      Denys Coop

    Special Effects:

    • Special Effects

      Wally Veevers

    • Special Effects

      George Samuels

    Editing:

    • Editor

      Gerald Turney-Smith

    Design:

    • Production Designer

      Hein Heckroth

    • Art Director

      Joseph Bato

    • Assistant Art Director

      Hutchinson, W.E.

    • Set Dresser

      John Hawkesworth

    • Scenic Advisor

      Peter Goffin

    Costumes:

    • Costumes Designed/Executed by

      Hein Heckroth

    • Costumes Designed/Executed by

      Elizabeth Haffenden

    • Wardrobe

      Ivy Baker

    • Fabrics

      West Cumberland Silk Mills

    Make-up:

    • Make-up

      Tony Sforzini

    • Hairdressing

      Gladys Atkinson

    Music:

    • Words/Music Selected from the Operas by

      Sullivan, Arthur

    • Composer

      Malcolm Arnold

    • Words/Music Selected from the Operas by

      W.S. Gilbert

    • Music Played by

      London Symphony Orchestra

    • Music Directed by

      Malcolm Sargent

    • Associate Music Director

      Muir Mathieson

    • Conductor

      Muir Mathieson

    • Music Conducted by

      Malcolm Sargent

    Sound:

    • Sound Supervisor

      John Cox

    • Sound Recording

      Bert Ross

    • Sound Recording

      Red Law

    • Sound Recording

      Ted Drake

    • Sound Editor

      Lee Doig

    Consultant:

    • Operatic Production Advisor

      William Morgan

    • Technical Adviser

      Martyn Green

    • Technical Adviser

      Alan Ward

    • Thanks for Contribution to Production

      Vincent Korda

    • Thanks for Advice

      Bridget D'oyly Carte

    Publicity:

    • [Unit Publicist]

      Catherine O'Brien