The Mumford Puppets Website and Documentary Proect Posted by Thingonastring on Jul 17, 2011
Greetings all !
British puppeteer Frank Mumford recently celebrated his 94th birthday here in London.
A celebratory website has been launched to document his life and work on stage and screen.
http://wwwmumfordpuppets.co.uk
In addition we now have a short film trailer "Attic of Puppets " directed by award winning film maker Richard Butchins -
this is the beginning of a proposed documentary which will see Frank telling his story through interviews and the fantastic archive film that has been sitting in his cupboard in his small flat for over 50 years.
Recently we transferred some of this archive and now we want to get the puppets out of the attic, where they have sat boxed and untended for some 20 years.
This film's about a wonderful artist who belongs to a lost generation of performers from before the days of TV shows, universal video camera's and youtube.
Frank's story represents the history of a lost generation of Variety performers who played stages the world over in a time before TV.
The skills of the marionette artist are slowly disappearing and Frank is a master of a vanishing art - please help us preserve his work, tell his story and delight an entire new generation by making this window into an unknown world.
visit the link below to see how you can help , pledge your support and spread the word! -we are on Facebook too
http://www.indiegogo.com/atticfullofpuppets
British puppeteer Frank Mumford recently celebrated his 94th birthday here in London.
A celebratory website has been launched to document his life and work on stage and screen.
http://wwwmumfordpuppets.co.uk
In addition we now have a short film trailer "Attic of Puppets " directed by award winning film maker Richard Butchins -
this is the beginning of a proposed documentary which will see Frank telling his story through interviews and the fantastic archive film that has been sitting in his cupboard in his small flat for over 50 years.
Recently we transferred some of this archive and now we want to get the puppets out of the attic, where they have sat boxed and untended for some 20 years.
This film's about a wonderful artist who belongs to a lost generation of performers from before the days of TV shows, universal video camera's and youtube.
Frank's story represents the history of a lost generation of Variety performers who played stages the world over in a time before TV.
The skills of the marionette artist are slowly disappearing and Frank is a master of a vanishing art - please help us preserve his work, tell his story and delight an entire new generation by making this window into an unknown world.
visit the link below to see how you can help , pledge your support and spread the word! -we are on Facebook too
http://www.indiegogo.com/atticfullofpuppets
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