Bluebeard (1944)
Country: US
Technical: bw 72m
Director: Edgar G. Ulmer
Cast: John Carradine, Jean Parker, Nils Asther
Synopsis:
Fin de siècle Paris is terrorised by a puppeteer who paints his assistants and then strangles them.
Review:
Crudely directed and coarsely acted, this variation on the Bluebeard story actually boasts art direction by Schüfftan, but the latter seems mostly to be limited to transparencies; what's more, the music is an intrusive mishmash of styles and the sets wobble whenever someone closes a door. Bizarrely, the closing title reads 'Fin', as if it were a French production, but it is far too squeamish for that: the method of despatch (a cravat) is entirely implied!
Country: US
Technical: bw 72m
Director: Edgar G. Ulmer
Cast: John Carradine, Jean Parker, Nils Asther
Synopsis:
Fin de siècle Paris is terrorised by a puppeteer who paints his assistants and then strangles them.
Review:
Crudely directed and coarsely acted, this variation on the Bluebeard story actually boasts art direction by Schüfftan, but the latter seems mostly to be limited to transparencies; what's more, the music is an intrusive mishmash of styles and the sets wobble whenever someone closes a door. Bizarrely, the closing title reads 'Fin', as if it were a French production, but it is far too squeamish for that: the method of despatch (a cravat) is entirely implied!
Country: US
Technical: bw 72m
Director: Edgar G. Ulmer
Cast: John Carradine, Jean Parker, Nils Asther
Synopsis:
Fin de siècle Paris is terrorised by a puppeteer who paints his assistants and then strangles them.
Review:
Crudely directed and coarsely acted, this variation on the Bluebeard story actually boasts art direction by Schüfftan, but the latter seems mostly to be limited to transparencies; what's more, the music is an intrusive mishmash of styles and the sets wobble whenever someone closes a door. Bizarrely, the closing title reads 'Fin', as if it were a French production, but it is far too squeamish for that: the method of despatch (a cravat) is entirely implied!