Underplayed Gems

Fan Fan (1918)

Fan Fan poster
Directed by
Chester M. Franklin
Genre
silent film
Country
United States
Runtime
50 min
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

This silent film is a version of the operetta The Mikado performed by a cast of child actors. It follows the story of Fan Fan and other characters in the town of Titipu.

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What happens

Fan Fan è un film muto del 1918 diretto da Chester M. Franklin e Sidney A. Franklin. Si basa sull'operetta The Mikado o The Town of Titipu, scritta da Sir William Schwenck Gilbert e musicata da Sir Arthur Sullivan, andata in scena per la prima volta a Londra il 14 marzo 1885. È il quinto in una serie di sei film, che i due registi realizzarono per la Fox Film Corporation, in cui i ruoli principali (talora anche quelli di adulti) sono interpretati da attori bambini. I film della serie sono nell'ordine: Jack and the Beanstalk (1917), Aladino e la lampada magica (1917), The Babes in the Woods(1917), L'isola del tesoro (1918), Fan Fan (1918) e Alì Babà e i suoi 40 ladri (1918). Protagonisti di questa versione di Fan Fan (e di tutti gli altri film della serie, ad eccezione dell'ultimo) sono i piccoli Francis Carpenter e Virginia Lee Corbin, affiancati da un gruppo di attori bambini di talento, che qui include Violet Radcliffe, Buddy Messinger, Gertrude Messinger, Lewis Sargent, Carmen De Rue e altri. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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