Blue Like an Orange

Blue Like an Orange: Puppets of Orient and Occident is an educational film about the different styles of puppetry performed around the world.
Director Philippe Genty toured 47 countries between 1962 to 1967 filming live puppet shows, edited together by Odile Terzieff into a 25 minute feature.Loutkář "UNIMA and UNESCO: The Perfect Partnership" by Nancy Lohman Staubová, April 2016, pages 94–95 Narrated by Lee Payant, the film was produced for the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization's East-West Major Project.
Its first known European screening was held in Paris during 1967,University of London thesis "Puppets, Presence, and Memory: The Training Methods and Workshop Techniques of Compagnie Philippe Genty, Stuffed Puppet, and Inkfish’s Three Good Wives" by Alissa Marie Mello, Ph.D., Aug 4, 2014 and it was shown in the United States as early as the Second Annual New England Book Festival on September 12, 1969.The Boston Globe Events Caldendar Sept 7, 1969 It was later broadcast over American airwaves in the 1961-1973 public television series What's New hosted by Al Binford as part of episode 372 in 1970.American Archive of Public Broadcasting record ID cpb-aacip-512-br8mc8s99j
Jim Henson and Bil Baird are among the puppeteers featured in a montage using "Java" as its musical background. Henson is shown manipulating the features of Limbo, readying the puppet for a performance. In a brief segment, Wontkins eats a handkerchief with "The Muppets" embroidered on it before trotting off. This is followed by an abridged performance of "The Glow-Worm" sketch with Kermit and Big V.
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