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Turnabout the story of the Yale Puppeteers

"The filmmaker recaptures the magic he experienced as a child watching the Yale Puppeteers."

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  • "Story of the Yale Puppeteers"@en
  • "Yale Puppeteers"@en
  • "Story of the Yale Puppeteers"

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  • "History of the Yale Puppeters and the Tournabout Theater in Hollywood during the 1920's and 1930's."
  • "The Golden Era of Hollywood in the 1930s and '40s produced an unusual puppet troupe called Harry Burnett and his Marionettes. A gay extended family in a time when such things were only whispered about, they hilariously parodied stars of the day including Garbo, Chaplin, and Gable. Their Turnabout Theatres, so named for its 180-degree swiveling chairs, hosted famous names both onstage and off."
  • ""The filmmaker recaptures the magic he experienced as a child watching the Yale Puppeteers.""@en
  • "The theatrical memoir of the Yale Puppeteers, three men who became world renowned puppeteers, now in their 90's, who delighted millions with witty shows and who happen to be gay. The story of Forman George Brown, Harry Burnett and Roddy Brandon."@en
  • "Documentary on the Yale Puppeteers (Harry Burnett, Forman Brown, and Roddy Brandon), much of it told in the words of Burnett and Brown. Among the topics discussed are the group's beginnings; its celebrity admirers, some of whom inspired portrait puppets; its success at the Turnabout Theater in Hollywood, where its shows, which included live performers as well as puppets, became known for unsparing satire; its collaboration with performers Elsa Lanchester, Dorothy Neumann, Lotte Goslar, Odetta, and others. The program includes archival footage of performances by the Yale Puppeteers, Lanchester's renderings of several songs by Brown, Goslar in her dance/mime solo Little heap of misery, and present-day vocal performances by Brown and Burnett. Brown and Burnett also discuss their experiences as gay men, which were reflected in Brown's autobiographical novel Better angel, written under the pen-name Richard Meeker."

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  • "Biography"@en
  • "Interviews"@en
  • "Interviews"
  • "Video"
  • "Documentaries and factual films and programs"

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  • "Turnabout the story of the Yale Puppeteers : featuring Harry Burnett and his marionettes"
  • "Turnabout the story of the Yale Puppeteers"
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  • "Turnabout the story of the Yale Puppeteers : featuring Harry Burnett and his marionettes"@en

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