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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 (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 answers. Wi... 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 Bl... 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 Bl... 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 M?li?s, 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:FacebookTwitterPinte... Read full article


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

By Amy on Nov 30, -0001 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 Bl... Read full article


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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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Facts about

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."
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.
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