The Blue Bird
The Discreet Charm of George Cukor
December 13, 2013 - January 7, 2014
Long out of circulation, Cukor’s unlikely adaptation of the celebrated 1908 Maeterlinck play was the first ever American-Soviet co-production and is headlined by a trio of Hollywood greats: Liz Taylor, Ava Gardner, and Jane Fonda.
Cukor’s unlikely adaptation of the celebrated 1908 Maeterlinck play is a genuine oddity: the first ever American-Soviet co-production; headlined by a trio of great Hollywood actresses (Liz Taylor, Ava Gardner, Jane Fonda), a famous Russian circus performer named Oleg Popov, and members of the Leningrad Kirov Ballet; plagued by production difficulties from language barriers to cast dropouts and inhumane work conditions. Long out of circulation, The Blue Bird is one of the most left-field projects ever made by a major Hollywood filmmaker.
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