16mm Feature Film THE BLUE BIRD (1976) 3 Reels COMPLETE Elizabeth Taylor RARE
Item History & Price
16mm print of George Cukor's 1976 children's fantasy film THE BLUE BIRD, complete on 3 reels. Starring Elizabeth Taylor, Jane Fonda, Ava Gardner, and Cicely Tyson. Color with optical audio track. Slight color fade, but blues still present and strong. Excellent picture quality. No vinegar odor.
An exceptionally rare copy of this hard-to-find film, with original English credits (DVD editions currently available are of Russian manufacture, using the Russian credits).
Based on&...nbsp;L'Oiseau bleu by Maurice Maeterlinck, The Blue Bird was an American-Soviet co-production, shot on location in Moscow and Leningrad, with Kartherine Hepburn and Shirley MacLaine initially cast in the starring roles. After a famously difficult production, the film was released to mixed reviews, today rarely seen and generally under-appreciated.
Plot summary (from Wikipedia):
Mytyl and her brother Tyltyl are peasant children who are led on a quest for the Blue Bird of Happiness by the Queen of Light, who gives them a hat with a magic diamond that allows them to call forth the souls of all things, both living and inanimate. On their journey, they are accompanied by the human personifications of a dog, a cat, water, sugar, bread, milk, light, fire, and the like. They visit the kingdoms of the past and future and the queendoms of night and luxury, at each place absorbing more wisdom. Eventually they discover the blue bird they've been seeking has been in their own backyard all along.
An exceptionally rare copy of this hard-to-find film, with original English credits (DVD editions currently available are of Russian manufacture, using the Russian credits).
Based on&...nbsp;L'Oiseau bleu by Maurice Maeterlinck, The Blue Bird was an American-Soviet co-production, shot on location in Moscow and Leningrad, with Kartherine Hepburn and Shirley MacLaine initially cast in the starring roles. After a famously difficult production, the film was released to mixed reviews, today rarely seen and generally under-appreciated.
Plot summary (from Wikipedia):
Mytyl and her brother Tyltyl are peasant children who are led on a quest for the Blue Bird of Happiness by the Queen of Light, who gives them a hat with a magic diamond that allows them to call forth the souls of all things, both living and inanimate. On their journey, they are accompanied by the human personifications of a dog, a cat, water, sugar, bread, milk, light, fire, and the like. They visit the kingdoms of the past and future and the queendoms of night and luxury, at each place absorbing more wisdom. Eventually they discover the blue bird they've been seeking has been in their own backyard all along.
