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Title

  • The court jester

Summary

  • A lowly member of a band of patriotic rogues in twelfth-century England impersonates a famous court jester to gain entrance to the palace of a tyrant king and, after a series of misadventures, helps to place the rightful infant ruler on the throne.

Names

  • Panama, Norman, direction, production, writing
  • Frank, Melvin, 1913-1988, direction, production, writing
  • Kaye, Danny, cast
  • Johns, Glynis, cast
  • Rathbone, Basil, 1892-1967, cast
  • Lansbury, Angela, 1925-2022, cast
  • Dena Productions
  • Paramount Pictures Corporation
  • LC Purchase Collection (Library of Congress)
  • Kaye (Danny)/Fine (Sylvia) Collection (Library of Congress)
  • Copyright Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • United States : Paramount Pictures Corp., 1956.

Contents

  • Dance and musical numbers: Life could not better be / performed by Danny Kaye -- Outfox the fox / sung by Kaye and Hermine's Midgets ; danced by Kaye, Midgets, and male ensemble -- I'll take you dreaming / sung by Kaye -- My heart knows a lovely song / sung by Kaye -- The maladjusted jester / performed by Kaye -- [Knighting ceremony] / performed by Kaye and male ensemble.

Headings

  • -  Fools and jesters--England--Drama
  • -  Knights and knighthood--England--Drama
  • -  Robin Hood--(Legendary character)--Caricatures and cartoons
  • -  Great Britain--Kings and rulers--Drama

Genre

  • Feature films
  • Fiction films
  • Comedy films
  • Musical films

Notes

  • -  LP5965 U.S. Copyright Office
  • -  Copyright: Dena Enterprises; 1Feb56 (in notice: 1955); LP5965.
  • -  Director of photography, Ray June ; words and music, Sylvia Fine, Sammy Cahn ; choreography by James Starbuck ; music scored and conducted by Victor Schoen ; assistant to the producers, Hal C. Kern ; art direction, Hal Pereira, Roland Anderson ; edited by Tom McAdoo ; set decoration, Sam Comer, Arthur Krams ; costumes, Edith Head, Yvonne Wood.
  • -  Danny Kaye, Glynis Johns, Basil Rathbone, Angela Lansbury, Cecil Parker, Mildred Natwick, Hermine's Midgets.
  • -  VistaVision. Technicolor.
  • -  On videodisc jacket: Paramount Home Video LV 5512.
  • -  Mavis 1625193; [The court jester].
  • -  Viewing print originally numbered FGA 2263-2273; reels combined and renumbered Mar. 24, 2010.
  • -  Summary from M/B/RS shelflist card.
  • -  Only 16 mm. viewing print was viewed.
  • -  Sources used: Internet movie database WWW site, viewed Apr. 2, 2010.
  • -  viewing copy; Received: 1991-11-07; purchase, purchase order no. 172525; LC Purchase Collection.
  • -  viewing print; Received: 1992-09-30; gift, paperwork in ACQ: Kaye, Danny; Kaye (Danny)/Fine (Sylvia) Collection.
  • -  viewing print; Received: 1957-10-16; copyright deposit; Copyright Collection.

Medium

  • viewing copy. 1 videodisc of 1 (optical) (ca. 101 min.) : sd., col. ; 12 in.
  • viewing print. 3 film reels of 3 (ca. 101 min., ca. 3,636 ft.) : sd., col. ; 16 mm.
  • viewing print. 11 film reels of 11 on 6 (ca. 101 min., ca. 9,090 ft.) : sd., col. ; 35 mm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • DAA 0135 (viewing copy)
  • FDB 0233-0235 (viewing print)
  • CGE 5209-5214 (viewing print)

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 95501393

Online Format

  • web page
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Kaye, Danny, Cast, Glynis Johns, Basil Rathbone, Angela Lansbury, Dena Productions, Paramount Pictures Corporation, Lc Purchase Collection, Kaye, and Copyright Collection. The Court Jester. directeds by Panama, Normanectionuction, Writing, and Frank, Melvin, Ectionuction, Writing, produceds by Panama, Normanectionuction, Writing, and Frank, Melvin, Ectionuction, Writing United States: Paramount Pictures Corp, 1956. Image. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/95501393/.

APA citation style:

Kaye, D., Johns, G., Rathbone, B., Lansbury, A., Dena Productions, Paramount Pictures Corporation [...] Copyright Collection. (1956) The Court Jester. Panama, N. & Frank, M., dirs, Panama, N. & Frank, M., prods United States: Paramount Pictures Corp. [Image] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/95501393/.

MLA citation style:

Kaye, Danny, Cast, et al. The Court Jester. dir by Panama, Normanectionuction, Writing, and Frank, Melvin, Ectionuction, Writing, prod by Panama, Normanectionuction, Writing, and Frank, Melvin, Ectionuction, Writing United States: Paramount Pictures Corp, 1956. Image. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/95501393/>.