Happy bird
The American actress, Jane Fonda, as a character called “Night” in her latest film, “The Blue Bird.” This multi-million dollar musical comedy, featuring two children seeking the symbolic blue bird of happiness, is the first feature film as a result of cooperation between the United States and Russia. Its production was first mooted in 1969, when the producer, Edward Izewis.
signed an agreement in principle with the Soviet authorities. After five years of tortuous negotiations shooting started in Leningrad in 1974. Although the director, George Cukor, and most of the stars are American, the Russian clown Oleg Popov, and the Soviet actress, Margarita Terekhova, and the dancer, Nadezhda Pavlova, are in the film.
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Press, 22 July 1976, Page 17
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