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Bluebeard is a 1972 film written and directed by Edward Dmytryk and starring Richard Burton, Raquel Welch, Joey Heatherton, and Sybil Danning. The film's plot is very loosely based on the French folktale of a nobleman whose latest wife grows curious when he tells her she may enter any room in his castle but one.
Ludlam joined John Vaccaro's Play-House of the Ridiculous, and after a falling out, founded his own Ridiculous Theatrical Company in 1967.His first plays were rudimentary exercises; starting with Bluebeard, he began writing more structured plays, which were often pastiches of gothic novels; works by Federico Garcia Lorca, Shakespeare, and Richard Wagner; and popular culture and old movies.
Bluebeard gives his wife the keys to his castle, art by Gustave Doré (1862). Like other historical figures such as Conomor or Henry VIII, Gilles de Rais has frequently been associated with the main character of the Bluebeard tale, to such an extent that this association has become "a cliché of folklorist literature", points out Catherine Velay-Vallantin, French specialist in the study of ...
In Joyce Carol Oates' short story, "Blue-Bearded Lover", the most recent wife is well aware of Bluebeard's murdered wives: she does not unlock the door to the forbidden room, and therefore avoids death herself. She remains with Bluebeard despite knowing he is a murderer, and gives birth to Bluebeard's children.
Films based on Bluebeard (1697) by Charles Perrault. The tale tells the story of a wealthy man in the habit of murdering his wives and the attempts of the present one to avoid the fate of her predecessors.
a.k.a. Bluebeard's Castle: 1966 They're a Weird Mob: J. C. Williamson Film Company (Australia)/ Michael Powell Production Pressburger wrote the script as Richard Imrie: 1969 Age of Consent: Nautilus Productions 1972 The Boy Who Turned Yellow: Roger Cherrill Ltd for the Children's Film Foundation: Script by Pressburger 1978 Return to the Edge of ...
Bluebeard's 8th Wife (alternately Bluebeard's Eighth Wife) is a 1923 American silent romantic comedy film produced by Famous Players–Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It was directed by Sam Wood and stars Gloria Swanson .
United Artists / Brighton Pictures / Levy-Gardner-Laven Steve Ihnat (director/screenplay); Stephen Lodge (screenplay); James Coburn , Lois Nettleton , Slim Pickens , Anne Archer , Richard Anderson , Jim Davis , Ramon Bieri , Teddy Eccles , Mitchell Ryan , Wayne McLaren , John Harmon , Richard O'Brien , Larry Mahan , Joan Huntington, Pitt ...