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Blue Beard, Jr. (1889), musical with a libretto by Clay M. Greene and music by Fred J. Eustis, Richard Maddern, and John Joseph Braham Sr. Bluebeard (1901), comedic musical by J. Hickory Wood and Arthur Collins. A 1903 American production, under the title Mr. Blue Beard, is known for being performed during the Iroquois Theatre fire.
J. Hoberman of The Village Voice gave the film a positive review, writing "Psychologically rich, unobtrusively minimalist, at once admirably straightforward and slyly comic, Catherine Breillat’s Bluebeard is a lucid retelling and simultaneous explanation of Charles Perrault’s nastiest, most un-Disneyfiable nursery story."
Charles Perrault's fairy tale "Bluebeard" had previously been adapted for film in 1897, in a short version for the Lumière Brothers' studio. Méliès may have known and remembered this film in preparing his elaborate ten-scene version, which adds several elements characteristic of his films, including the appearances of a good Fairy and the Devil.
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.
Bluebeard (German: Blaubart) is a 1951 black comedy film directed by Christian-Jaque and starring Hans Albers, Cécile Aubry and Fritz Kortner. [1] Based on the fairy tale Bluebeard by Charles Perrault, it was a co-production between West Germany, France and Switzerland.
Articles relating to 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.
Blue Beard, Jr., a 1889 musical by Clay M. Greene, Fred J. Eustis, Richard Maddern, and John Joseph Braham Sr. "Bluebeard" (song), a 1993 song by Cocteau Twins from Four-Calendar Café "Bluebeard", a 1996 song by Combustible Edison from Schizophonic! "Blue Beard", a 2010 song by Band of Horses from the album Infinite Arms
The libretto was created by the author and dramatist Countess Lydia Pashkova from the fairy tale Bluebeard by Charles Perrault. The ballet was first presented by the Imperial Ballet on December 20 [ O.S. December 8] 1896 at the Imperial Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg, Russia , the first performance being a benefit in honor of Marius Petipa ...