A String of Blue Beads

Jan 1, 1953

0h 30m

★ 6.0

Overview

A STRING OF BLUE BEADS is a slight little Christmas tale that was a pilot for an anthology series of short stories that never came to be. What makes this little film fascinating is it was one of the earliest color broadcasts on television and happily is one of the few early color productions for TV that can be seen in color now. Early color television productions seem to have had a limited color capability much like the early 1930's attempts at Technicolor. This actually adds to the charm of this little Christmas story giving in an "old time" feel.

Genres

Drama

Family

Production Companies

Royal Park Productions

A String of Blue Beads Trailers

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Cast

Antique Shop Owner

Louis Jourdan

Marilyn

Ellen-Cobb Hill

Mrs. Loomis

Margaret Hamilton

Barbara May

Elaine Lynn

Barbara's Sister

Christine Lynn

Mrs. Anderson

Mary Michael

Mr. Stark

David Orrick McDearmon

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