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The Criminal Cried
(1907) England
B&W : Short film
Directed by John Morland

Cast: (unknown)

[?] The Walturdaw Company, Limited? production; distributed by The Walturdaw Company, Limited. / From the musical play The Mikado by William S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan. / Released June 1907. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. Cinematophone sound-on-disc synchronized sound system. / The soundtrack was reproduced from synchronized gramophone records. One of twelve separate films of twelve songs from The Mikado. / Full-sound film.

Performance: Song.

Synopsis: Performance of the song “The Criminal Cried, As He Dropped Him Down,” from the musical play The Mikado.

Survival status: (unknown)

Keywords: Early sound film - Synchronized sound film

Listing updated: 7 October 2017.

References: Gifford-British n. 01645.