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Bluebeard (1944) was a Crime - Film Noir Film directed by Edgar G. Ulmer and produced by Leon Fromkess.

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BLUEBEARD (1944) On Blu-ray From Kino

By Dan Day, Jr. on May 6, 2024 From The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog

The 1944 Gothic noir BLUEBEARD has had plenty of public domain home video releases, due to its being a product of Hollywood's poverty row. The movie now has an official release from Kino Lorber. BLUEBEARD, set in 19th Century Paris, was made by the low-budget PRC studio, and it was directed by a low... Read full article

Bluebeard (2017, Lee Soo-youn)

By Andrew Wickliffe on Aug 19, 2017 From The Stop Button

Bluebeard runs just under two hours. The last forty-five minutes of it basically undo–or seem to undo–everything in the first seventy-five minutes. Writer and director Lee doesn’t want to answer the questions the film’s mysteries raise, but reveal entirely new mysteries with entirely new ans... Read full article

Bluebeard in Black and White: Fritz Lang’s “Secret Beyond the Door”

By Amy on Nov 11, 2014 From Random Pictures

This is my contribution to the Fairy Tale Blogathon hosted by the always-fascinating Movies Silently. Check out more of the posts there! Let me start this post about Secret Beyond the Door by blaming the enchanting Angela Carter. Carter (1940 – 1992) wrote some of my favorite books, including The ... Read full article

Bluebeard in Black and White: Fritz Lang’s “Secret Beyond the Door”

By Amy on Nov 11, 2014 From Random Pictures

This is my contribution to the Fairy Tale Blogathon hosted by the always-fascinating Movies Silently. Check out more of the posts there! Let me start this post about Secret Beyond the Door by blaming the enchanting Angela Carter. Carter (1940 – 1992) wrote some of my favorite books, including The ... Read full article

May Days of Melies – Bluebeard [Barbe-bleue] (1901)

By chrisgiddens on May 6, 2012 From The Giddy Blog

Bluebeard (aka Barbe-bleue) by Georges Méliès, adapted from the French folktale of the same name by Charles Perrault, contains the oldest known example of product placement in a movie. Keep an eye out for Mercier champagne! http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0131934/ Share this:FacebookTwitterPin... Read full article

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Bluebeard Quotes:

Gaston Morrell: Lucille, I want to tell you something no other living person knows...
Lucille: What would Bluebeard want with me?
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Bluebeard Facts
Eugen Schüfftan was actually the director of photography but could not be credited on screen because he was not yet a member of the cinematographer's union. So he was credited as production designer, the job actually done by director Edgar G. Ulmer, while the camera operator Jockey Arthur Feindel was credited as director of photography.
Film debut of actress Sonia Sorel (Mrs. John Carradine), who went on to do several more titles for director Edgar G. Ulmer.
Features John Carradine's own favorite performance.
A "bluebeard" is a type of serial killer; specifically, it is a man who murders his wives or lovers. This type is named after the fictional "Bluebeard."
Shot in six days.
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