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Checkmate (1939)
TV Movie | Musical

Checkmate (1939)

TV Movie | Musical

Ninette de Valois's famed 1937 ballet, featuring most of the original cast. Chess pieces become animate and act out human situations of rivalry with the red pieces on the side of love, and the black pieces death.

Producer

D.H. Munro

Composer

Arthur Bliss

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Updated Feb 19, 1939

Release date

Feb 19, 1939 (United Kingdom)

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23 cast members

Name	Known for
Joy Newton Player / Black Pawn Player / Black Pawn See fewer	Job (1936)
Frederick Ashton Player Player See fewer	Cinderella (1970)
Molly Brown Red Pawn Red Pawn See fewer	Le lac des cygnes (1937)
Guinevere Parry Red Pawn Red Pawn See fewer	Le lac des cygnes (1937)
Wenda Horsburgh Red Pawn Red Pawn See fewer	The Selfish Giant (1939)
Elizabeth Kennedy Red Pawn Red Pawn See fewer	A Modern Thelma (1916)
Patricia Garnett Red Pawn Red Pawn See fewer	The Rake's Progress (1939)
Jean Bedells Red Pawn Red Pawn See fewer	The Three Bears (1938)
Margaret Dale Red Pawn Red Pawn See fewer	The Sleeping Princess (1939)
Harold Turner Red Knight Red Knight See fewer	The Handle Bar (1947)
William Chappell Red Knight Red Knight See fewer	The Trial (1962)
June Brae Black Queen Black Queen See fewer	Les patineurs (1937)
Pamela May Red Queen Red Queen See fewer	Carnaval (1937)
Richard Ellis Black Knight Black Knight See fewer	Job (1936)
Michael Somes Black Knight Black Knight See fewer	Romeo and Juliet (1966)
Robert Helpmann Red King Red King See fewer	Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968)
Leslie Edwards Red Castle / Black Castle Red Castle / Black Castle See fewer	Romeo and Juliet (1966)
Paul Reymond Red Bishop Red Bishop See fewer	Carnaval (1937)
Jill Gregory Black Pawn Black Pawn See fewer	Le lac des cygnes (1937)
Julia Farron Black Pawn Black Pawn See fewer	Romeo and Juliet (1966)
Annabel Farjeon Black Pawn Black Pawn See fewer	Carnaval (1937)
Anne Spicer Black Pawn Black Pawn See fewer	The Selfish Giant (1939)
Palma Nye Black Pawn Black Pawn See fewer	The Selfish Giant (1939)