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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.
Opening Title Production company Cast and crew Ref. J A N U A R Y: 1 J. W. Coop: Columbia Pictures / Robertson and Associates: Cliff Robertson (director/screenplay ...
Namath had invested in a nightclub called Bachelors III. While the club attracted movie stars, well-known pro athletes, it also attracted elements of the underground gambling scene. when Namath was directed by the league to divest himself from the nightclub because of the gambling element, Namath balked and threatened to retire from pro ...
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.
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.
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.
Bluebeard, his wife, and the key in a 1921 illustration by W. Heath Robinson. In one version of the story, Bluebeard is a wealthy and powerful nobleman who has been married six times to beautiful women who have all mysteriously vanished.
Bluebeard is a 1944 American historical film noir directed by Edgar G. Ulmer, starring John Carradine in the title role. [2] The film also stars Jean Parker.The film is based on the famous French tale Barbe bleue [3] that tells the story of a violent nobleman in the habit of murdering his wives and the attempts of one wife to avoid the fate of her predecessors.