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 > > > > [] > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > List address: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org > > Admin interface: http://lists.puptcrit.org/mailman/listinfo/puptcrit > > Archives: http://www.driftline.org > > > > > > -- > Mary Robinette Kowal > http://www.maryrobinettekowal.com > _______________________________________________ > List address: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org > Admin interface: http://lists.puptcrit.org/mailman/listinfo/puptcrit > Archives: http://www.driftline.org > _______________________________________________ List address: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org Admin interface: http://lists.puptcrit.org/mailman/listinfo/puptcrit Archives: http://www.driftline.org
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