holcombe
Joined Sep 2000
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I saw "The Stone Flower" in 1952 at Iowa State University's (then a state college) student union. I was a second or third grader, but I have never forgotten the magic of this Russian fable, the movie's gorgeous images and its powerful drama. I remember a wicked queen who turned the heroine into stone and the soft images of the lush rose-colored stone flower that remained for the hero to find after great struggles with the evil queen and her sinister minions.
Some sets were simple and rather bare. I like the earlier comment about "The Red Shoes," another post-war film from the recovering European film industries, with the same pre-war quality story lines and great effort to use color and images well, but with truly scarce resources.
I am so thrilled to find that others remember this wonderful film that seemed to have disappeared. I hope someone can find a print to share with film historians and certainly with other children. More than 50 years later, I can thank my mother for taking me to share the beautiful Stone Flower that I have never forgotten.
Some sets were simple and rather bare. I like the earlier comment about "The Red Shoes," another post-war film from the recovering European film industries, with the same pre-war quality story lines and great effort to use color and images well, but with truly scarce resources.
I am so thrilled to find that others remember this wonderful film that seemed to have disappeared. I hope someone can find a print to share with film historians and certainly with other children. More than 50 years later, I can thank my mother for taking me to share the beautiful Stone Flower that I have never forgotten.