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A marionette in use in Japan, 2018. A marionette (/ ˌ m ær i ə ˈ n ɛ t / MARR-ee-ə-NET; French: marionnette [maʁjɔnɛt] ⓘ) is a puppet controlled from above using wires or strings depending on regional variations. A marionette's puppeteer is called a marionettist. [1]
The most common toys include wooden tops, yo-yos, cup and ball, marionettes, kits, hobby horses, marbles, whistles, trains of wood and tin, [6] jacks made of apricot pits, rag dolls, [1] slingshots, [21] mobiles, busses, dollhouses, doll kitchens and doll storefronts, sets of toys to imitate social scenes, and even elaborate miniatures such as ...
Frank Marshall (born Frank Marzalkiewicz on March 9, 1900; died October 10, 1969) was a professional ventriloquist dummy, marionette and Punch and Judy maker who created many of the most famous ventriloquist dummies used during the United States's vaudeville entertainment era through the Golden Age of Television.
Supermarionation (a portmanteau of the words "super", "marionette" and "animation") [1] is a style of television and film production employed by British company AP Films (later Century 21 Productions) in its puppet TV series and feature films of the 1960s.
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Zozobra (also known as Old Man Gloom and sometimes branded as Will Shuster's Zozobra) is a giant marionette effigy constructed of wood, wire and cotton cloth that is built and burned on the Friday of Labor Day weekend prior to the annual Fiestas de Santa Fe in Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States. It stands 50 ft 6 in (15.39 m) high.
Let’s face it: Most Americans have no clue how good they’ve got it when it comes to ease and convenience. What might seem like everyday necessities for us are actually considered luxuries that ...
The Cole Marionettes had several companies touring schools throughout the Midwest from the 1930s through the late 1980s. Usually based on famous fairy tales and myths, typical productions included The Tinder Box , Jason and the Golden Fleece , The Steadfast Tin Soldier , Beauty and the Beast , Jack and the Beanstalk , and The Legend of Sleepy ...