I haven't seen that version - but in 1961 I'm not surprised. I doubt anyone thinks Jesus had blue eyes. I always imagined people picture Jesus as resembling them. For instance, I think Asians would portray him as Asian, etc. The Bible doesn't say much about what Jesus looked like so it's interesting to see different people's interpretation.
"I always imagined people picture Jesus as resembling them."
This is true. Look at paintings of Jesus by native Christians in many countries before mass publishing came into being and you see images of the Christ in their own image (race wise)
I once saw an image of Jesus in China...as an Chinese man of course.