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George Cukor Double-Bill: Adam's Rib

on BBC Two England

starring
Spencer Tracy , Katharine Hepburn When Doris Attinger sets out to gun down her unfaithful husband it's only to be expected that complications should develop! But she sets in motion a chain of events that threatens the previously perfect marriage of lawyers Adam and Amanda Bonner.
Cukor's leading stars are matched by Judy Holliday , one of America's greatest comediennes, in her first important screen role.
Screenplay by RUTH GORDON and GARSON KANIN
Produced by LAWRENCE WEINGARTEN Directed by GEORGE CUKOR
. Films: page 12 and at 2.35
The Blue Bird starring
Elizabeth Taylor , Jane Fonda Cicely Tyson , Ava Gardner
The British premiere of the multi-million dollar production of the story - previously filmed with Shirley Temple-was an American/ Russian co-production, lavishly filmed on location. It tells of two children who set off with the help of their friends to find the ' Blue Bird of Happiness'.
Screenplay by HUGH WHITEMORE and ALFRED HAYES , based on The Blue Bird by MAURICE MAETEETLINCK Produced by PAUL MASLANSKY
Directed by GEORGE CUKOR. Films: p 12

Contributors

Unknown:
Spencer Tracy
Unknown:
Katharine Hepburn
Unknown:
Doris Attinger
Unknown:
Amanda Bonner.
Unknown:
Judy Holliday
Unknown:
Ruth Gordon
Unknown:
Garson Kanin
Produced By:
Lawrence Weingarten
Directed By:
George Cukor
Unknown:
Elizabeth Taylor
Unknown:
Jane Fonda
Unknown:
Cicely Tyson
Unknown:
Ava Gardner
Unknown:
Shirley Temple-Was
Unknown:
Hugh Whitemore
Unknown:
Alfred Hayes
Unknown:
Maurice Maeteetlinck
Produced By:
Paul Maslansky
Directed By:
George Cukor.
Adam Bonner:
Spencer Tracy
Amanda Bonner:
Katharine Hepburn
Doris Attinger:
Judy Holliday
Warren Attinger:
Tom Ewell
Kip Lurie:
David Wayne
Beryl Caighn:
Jean Hagen
Olympia La Pere:
Hope Emerson
Grace:
Eve March
Mother Light, Maternal and the Witch:
Elizabeth Taylor
Night:
Jane Fonda
Cat:
Cicely Tyson
Luxury:
Ava Gardner
Tyltyl:
Todd Lookinland
Mytyl:
Patsy Kensit
Grandfather:
Will Geer
Grandmother:
Mona Washbourne
Dog:
George Cole
Bread:
Richard Pearson
Father Time:
Robert Morley-
Oak:
Harry Andrews
Blue Bird:
Nadejda Pavlova
Milk:
Margareta Terechova
Clown:
Oleg Popov
Sugar:
Georgi Vitzin
Father:
Leonid Nevedomsky
Water:
Valentina Ganilaee Ganibalova
Fire:
Yevgeny Scherbakov

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