File puptcrit/puptcrit.0712, message 153


Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2007 18:53:06 -0500
From: "Steve Abrams" <sapuppets-AT-gmail.com>
To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org
Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Richard Teschner video!


Ray thanks so much for the information
Steve

On Dec 19, 2007 3:06 PM, Mary Robinette Kowal <mary-AT-maryrobinettekowal.com>
wrote:

> Dear Ray,
>
> Thank you so much for finding asking Mr. Oudekerk.  I would love to
> quote his letter on my website, with a link to the video.  Do you
> think that would be all right?
>
> Yours,
> Mary
>
> On Dec 19, 2007 2:26 PM, PuppeteersUK <Ray-AT-puppeteersuk.com> wrote:
> > Dear Folks,
> > It appears that the film was made after Richard Teshner died.
> > Harry Oudekerk who did some restoration work sent the clip to me a few
> days
> > ago for PuppeteersUK. I asked about documentation and wondered if the
> > circular proscenium (Teschner Magic Mirror) shown at the end was
> > superimposed afterwards because the puppets stay the same size as the
> camera
> > appears to pull back. I also commented that the action of the play took
> > place on a wider staging than the well-known one.
> > Here below is Harry's reply:
> > Best wishes for Christmas and 2008
> > Ray DaSilva
> >
> > Yes, the film was shot in 1949 according to a Teschner book I have (not
> the
> > red one, that was published by Eduard Wancura, but a black one published
> in
> > 1991 by B=F6hlau).
> > Teschner him self died a year earlier so his, then, assistants under the
> > direction of his widow manipulated the puppets.
> > The puppets were built in 1917/18 and the first vsrsion of the play was
> > performed in the "Golden Schrein"
> > When in 1931 he switched to the circular theatre the "Figurenspiegel" he
> > redesigned the play.
> >
> >
> > The film was shot in December 1949 by the Viennese company Kolm-Velte
> and
> > opened before Christmas that same year.
> > It was obviously not shot in the theatre, but in a studio, else the en
> face
> > shots could not have been done.
> > I think the circular frame at the end was not superimposed but set on a
> > dolly and just rolled away from the camera.
> >
> >
> > I could not find any references as to how long the original movie was ,
> and
> > the sound certainly is not original.
> > First because Teschner would probably have used/preferred the somewhat
> > abstract music from his "Orchestrion" .
> > Second because my film was silent and I added some non-descript, not too
> > disturbing, music.
> >
> >
> > Since the film was shot and premiered in 1949 it is almost certain in
> the
> > public domain so I do not mind having other people have look.
> > Do give them both links though. The first one has a slightly better
> quality
> > then the second even if that file is quite a bit larger.
> >
> > Harry
> >
> > []
> >
> >
> >
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>
> --
> Mary Robinette Kowal
> http://www.maryrobinettekowal.com
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