PLOT: All Paris is frightened by the murders attributed to "Bluebeard". Modiste Lucille (Jean Parker), is introduced to Gaston Morrell (John Carradine), a puppeteer & painter, by her friend. They are attracted to each other, & she accepts a commission to design some costumes for his puppets. At home, Morrell is confronted by a jealous Renee (Sonia Sorel), who performs in Morrell's puppet show & is his lover. When she wonders what became of the models who had posed for him, he strangles her, then dumps her body in the Seine River. Art dealer Jean Lamarte (Ludwig Stössel), is aware of Morrell's homicidal tendencies, but keeps his secret, as Morrell's paintings fetch high prices. However, the normally discreet Lamarte makes a mistake in selling Morrell's last work to a duke. When the duke exhibits his collection, a policeman on guard recognizes the portrait as being that of one of Bluebeard's victims. Inspector Lefevre (Nils Asther), of the Sûreté calls in one of his best undercover agents, Francine (Teala Loring), who happens to be Lucille's sister. She & her "father" go to Lamarte to have her portrait done. Lamarte is on his guard, but her father is willing to pay a very large commission to find the man responsible for the duke's painting, & Lamarte's greed overcomes his caution. Morrell has decided to give up painting (which triggers his murderous compulsion), out of love for Lucille, but Lamarte pressures him into one last picture to make him financially independent. However, Francine recognizes him, having met him briefly earlier at her sister's apartment, & Morrell has no choice but to dispose of her. Certain that Francine & her father were working for the police, Lamarte tries to flee, but Morrell catches him & kills him too, before escaping. The only clue he leaves behind is the cravat he used to strangle Francine. At Francine's funeral, Inspector Lefevre shows Lucille the cravat. She knows it belongs to Morrell, as she had mended it for him. When she confronts Morrell, he tells her the story behind his crimes. As a starving art student, he had nursed back to health a woman who had fainted, fallen in love with her, & painted her portrait. She left without warning. When his painting was chosen to hang in the Louvre, he searched for her to tell her the news, only to discover that she was a prostitute. Enraged by her contemptuous response, he strangled her. But ever since then, every model he painted turned into her in his mind, & he was compelled to kill her again & again. When Lucille tells him she is going to the authorities, he starts strangling her too, but the police break in. Lefevre saw that Lucille recognized the cravat & had her followed. After a chase across the rooftops, Morrell falls to his death into the Seine. 🎬Bluebeard🎬is a 1944 crime movie, film noir, directed by Edgar G. Ulmer. Produced by Leon Fromkess & Martin Mooney. Screenplay by Pierre Gendron. Story by Arnold Phillips & Werner H. Furst. Music by Leo Erdody & Charles Gounod. The movie is based on the Barbe bleue (a French folktale, the most famous surviving version of which was written by Charles Perrault, published in 1697), that tells the story of a violent nobleman in the habit of murdering his wives and the attempts of one wife to avoid the fate of her predecessors. CAST: John Carradine as Gaston Morrell Jean Parker as Lucille Lutien Nils Asther as Inspector Jacques Lefevre Ludwig Stossel as Jean Lamarte George Pembroke as Inspector Renard Teala Loring as Francine Lutien Sonia Sorel as Renee Claremont Henry Kolker as Deschamps Lutien Emmett Lynn as Le Soldat Iris Adrian as Mimi Roberts Patti McCarty as Babette Carrie Devan as Constance Anne Sterling as Jeanette Le Beau #MovieAtHomeofalltime Please, don't forget subscribe & activate the bell so you know when I upload a new Movie or TV series, thank you very much. If you like a particular movie genre, please, go to the playlists: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAHcD5qFDhp09972Nlahrfw/playlists?view_as=subscriber

• published: 28 Jun 2019
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