Turnabout: The Story of the Yale Puppeteers
Synopsis
The story of the Yale Puppeteers — Forman Brown, Harry Burnett and Richard 'Roddy' Brandon — and the puppet-and-cabaret Turnabout Theatre they ran in Hollywood from 1941 to 1956, with regular guest star Elsa Lanchester.
Context & Trivia
Directed by Dan Bessie, nephew of Turnabout Theatre co-founder Harry Burnett, and written and produced by the puppeteers' own family, drawing on the Yale Puppeteers Turnabout Theater collection held today by the USC Cinematic Arts Library.
Clips
Puppeteers
Forman Brown, Harry Burnett, Richard
Puppet design
Harry Burnett
Puppet companies
Yale Puppeteers
Puppet building
Harry Burnett
Direction
Dan Bessie
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