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The Road To Mandalay
The Road to Mandalay can refer to: * "Mandalay" (poem), of 1890 by Rudyard Kipling, whose chorus begins "On the road to Mandalay" * "On the Road to Mandalay" (song), a 1907 musical setting by Oley Speaks of the Kipling poem * ''The Road to Mandalay'', a 1917 novel by Bithia Mary Croker upon which the 1926 film was based * ''The Road to Mandalay'' (1926 film), a 1926 film directed by Tod Browning * ''The Road to Mandalay'' (2016 film), a 2016 film directed by Midi Z * "Eternity/The Road to Mandalay "Eternity" / "The Road to Mandalay" is the fifth single from English singer-songwriter Robbie Williams' third studio album, ''Sing When You're Winning'' (2000). "Eternity" does not appear on the album but was later included on Williams' ''Great ...", a 2000 song by Robbie Williams See also * Belmond Road to Mandalay, a river cruiser in Myanmar (Burma) that plies the Ayeyarwady (Irrawaddy) River {{DEFAULTSORT:Road to Mandalay, The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mandalay (poem)
"Mandalay" is a poem by Rudyard Kipling, written and published in 1890, and first collected in '' Barrack-Room Ballads, and Other Verses'' in 1892. The poem is set in colonial Burma, then part of British India. The protagonist is a Cockney working-class soldier, back in grey restrictive London, recalling the time he felt free and had a Burmese girlfriend, now unattainably far away. The poem became well known, especially after it was set to music by Oley Speaks in 1907, and was admired by Kipling's contemporaries, though some of them objected to its muddled geography. It has been criticised as a "vehicle for imperial thought", but more recently has been defended by Kipling's biographer David Gilmour and others. Other critics have identified a variety of themes in the poem, including exotic erotica, Victorian prudishness, romanticism, class, power, and gender. The song, with Speaks's music, was sung by Frank Sinatra with alterations to the text, such as "broad" for "girl", which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
On The Road To Mandalay (song)
On the Road to Mandalay is a song by Oley Speaks (1874–1948) with text by Rudyard Kipling (1865–1936). Text Oley Speaks set to music a portion of Kipling's poem, '' Mandalay'', 1890, from '' Barrack-Room Ballads, and Other Verses'', published in 1892 and 1896. The song comprises three verses of Kipling's poem: the first, second and sixth. The text of the song is a first person description by a British soldier in 19th-century Burma, who has returned to Britain. He describes his romance with a "Burma girl" and speaks of the emotional pull he experiences to return to Mandalay. Music On the Road to Mandalay was published as a piano/vocal song in 1907 by the John Church Company and dedicated to Frank Croxton. The tempo is marked '' alla marcia'' and the music set in common time. The song changes tonality as each of the three verses reaches the chorus, shifting dramatically from minor to major. Originally published in the key of C and marked Low Voice, the style is d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bithia Mary Croker
Bithia Mary (or May) Croker (née Sheppard, c. 1848 or 1849 – 20 October 1920) was an Irish novelist, most of whose work concerns life and society in British India. Her 1917 novel ''The Road to Mandalay'', set in Burma, was the uncredited basis for a 1926 American silent The Road to Mandalay (1926 film), film, of which only excerpts survive. She was also a notable writer of ghost stories.''The Feminist Companion to Literature in English'', eds Virginia Blain, Patricia Clements and Isobel Grundy (London: Batsford, 1990), p. 248. Rosemary Cargill Raza: "Croker, Bithia Mary (c. 1848–1920)", ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'' (Oxford, UK: OUP, 2004) Retrieved 30 October 2015. Pay-walled. Life Bithia was born in Kilgefin ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Road To Mandalay (1926 Film)
''The Road to Mandalay'' is a 1926 American silent drama film directed by Tod Browning and starring Lon Chaney, Owen Moore, and Lois Moran. It was written by Elliott Clawson (with Joseph Farmham doing the intertitles), based on a story idea by Tod Browning and Herman Mankiewicz. The script's original shooting title was ''Singapore''. The film took 28 days to complete at a cost of $209,000. The worldwide box office gross was $724,000. Some stills exist showing Chaney's makeup as Singapore Joe. Originally a 7-reel feature, the film was considered lost until a 9.5mm abridged version, of about 35 minutes, with French intertitles surfaced in Paris and was transferred to 16mm.Blake, Michael F. (1998). "The Films of Lon Chaney". Vestal Press Inc. Page 159. . This fair quality French abridgement is all that survives of ''The Road to Mandalay''. The intertitles were translated back into English, and the print now resides in the Warner Brothers Classics Vault. Archivist Jon Mirsalis (who ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Road To Mandalay (2016 Film)
''The Road to Mandalay'' is a 2016 internationally co-produced drama film directed by Midi Z. The film premiered at the 73rd edition of the Venice Film Festival in the Venice Days section, in which it was awarded the Fedeora Award for Best Film. It was also screened in the Contemporary World Cinema section at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival. Plot A Young Burmese girl, Lien Ching ( Wu Ke-xi), smuggles herself in a truck heading for Bangkok, Thailand, aiming to pursue a better life, and eventually even go to Taiwan for better opportunities. In Bangkok she meets A-kuo (Kai Ko), a boy from the same Burmese hometown Lashio, who was less ambitious but pragmatic and had a crush on her. Lacking proper identification, Liang struggles to find legitimate work and gets arrested as an illegal immigrant by the Thai authorities. She is fined and has to rely on A-kuo's help. Lien Ching becomes desperate to obtain legal paperwork, even if it is fraudulent. After several failed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eternity/The Road To Mandalay
"Eternity" / "The Road to Mandalay" is the fifth single from English singer-songwriter Robbie Williams' third studio album, ''Sing When You're Winning'' (2000). "Eternity" does not appear on the album but was later included on Williams' ''Greatest Hits'' album in 2004. The lyrics of "Eternity" were written as a tribute to Williams' close friendship with Geri Halliwell. Brian May of Queen plays electric guitar on the track. Released on 9 July 2001, the double A-side was the 20th-best-selling single of 2001 in the United Kingdom, topping the country's singles chart, and also peaked at number two in Ireland. "Eternity" as a solo single reached number one in New Zealand and became a top-10 hit in eight other countries. Though "Eternity" never appeared on a Robbie Williams studio album, a comedic snippet of the song can be heard in "Outtakes", a hidden track on ''Swing When You're Winning''. Music videos The video for "The Road to Mandalay" shows Robbie Williams and four friends dr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
