- Title: HD-412
- Summary: MANDALAY: LYRIC SKETCH OF RUDYARD KIPLING'S POEM COME YOU BACK TO MANDALAY SET TO SONG, 1929.
- Description:01:00:01 - TITLE CARD: THE VAN BEUREN CORP. SONG SKETCHES "MANDALAY" WITH JAMES STANLEY AS VISUALIZED BY GRANDLAND RICE, 1929, PATHE PICTURE 01:00:27 - TITLE CARD: DIRECTED BY OSCAR LUND, GENE RODEMICH, RCA PHOTOPHONE SYNCHRONIZATION 01:00:43 - BARMAID GIVES SOLDIER ANOTHER DRINK "ON THE HOUSE", GROUP OF BRITISH SOLDIERS ENTER BAR, ORDERS WHISKEY AND COMPLAINS ABOUT THE ENGLISH WEATHER 01:02:03 - SOLDIER SINGS A BIT AND NEW RECRUIT ENTERS BAR EXCITED ABOUT GOING TO INDIA, BURMA AND MANDALAY, HAS A SHOT OF BOOZE 01:03:11 - COME YOU BACK TO MANDALAY VETERAN SOLDIERS RETURNED FROM INDIA ARE JADED AND BREAK INTO SONG, MAN PLAYS PIANO, OFFICER SINGS SONG ABOUT INDIA, "COME YOU BACK TO MANDALAY" (KIPLING POEM SET TO MUSIC) LIGHT OPERETTA VOICE 01:04:36 - SONG "COME YOU BACK TO MANDALAY" CONTINUES, VISUAL OF EXOTIC MATA HARI TYPE WOMAN SMOKING, BURMA SETTING 01:05:04 - COME YOU BACK TO MANDALAY SONG CONTINUES, BRITISH OFFICERS SINGING IN BAR 01:06:17 - COME YOU BACK TO MANDALAY MS OF SINGER IN TAVERN CONTINUES SONG ABOVE, KIPLING'S POEM SET TO MUSIC 01:08:57 - EXOTIC MATA HARI TYPE WOMAN POSES IN FRONT OF SHIP, SMOKING 01:09:24 - COME YOU BACK TO MANDALAY BRITISH SOLDIERS FINISH SONG WITH BARMAID IN TAVERN 01:09:54 - NEW SOLDIER EXCITEDLY GOES OFF TO INDIA, VETERAN SOLDIERS RUN AFTER HIM ANXIOUS TO GO BACK TO MANDALAY, LEAVING THE BAR MAID BY HERSELF 01:11:02 - THE END, LYRIC SKETCH 01:11:03 - END TAPE
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1929
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1920s
- File Name: HD-412