The Blue Bird

The Blue Bird (1940)

1001 Wonders in Technicolor

  • Genre: Family, Fantasy, Adventure, Comedy
  • Release Date: 1940-01-15
  • User Rating: 5.6/10 from 40 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 28min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: 20th Century Fox
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: Walter Lang
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Summary

Peasant children Mytyl and Tyltyl are led on a magical quest for the fabulous Blue Bird of Happiness by the fairy Berylune. On their journey, they're accompanied by the anthropomorphized presences of a Dog, a Cat, Light, Fire, and Bread, among other entities.

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  • Shirley Temple

    as Mytyl

  • Spring Byington

    as Mummy Tyl

  • Nigel Bruce

    as Mr. Luxury

  • Gale Sondergaard

    as Tylette (the cat)

  • Eddie Collins

    as Tylo (the dog)

  • Sybil Jason

    as Angela Berlingot

  • Jessie Ralph

    as Fairy Berylune

  • Helen Ericson

    as Light

  • Johnny Russell

    as Tyltyl

  • Laura Hope Crews

    as Mrs. Luxury

  • Russell Hicks

    as Daddy Tyl

  • Cecilia Loftus

    as Granny Tyl

  • Al Shean

    as Grandpa Tyl

  • Leona Roberts

    as Mrs. Berlingot

  • Gene Reynolds

    as Studious Boy

  • Stanley Andrews

    as Wilhelm

  • Frank Dawson

    as Caller of Roll

  • Sterling Holloway

    as Wild Plum

  • Thurston Hall

    as Father Time

  • Edwin Maxwell

    as Oak

  • Herbert Evans

    as Footman

  • Brandon Hurst

    as Footman

  • Keith Hitchcock

    as Major Domo

  • Tommy Baker

    as Lover

  • Dorothy Joyce

    as Lover

  • Billy Cook

    as Boy Chemist

  • Scotty Beckett

    as Child

  • Juanita Quigley

    as Child

  • Payne B. Johnson

    as Child

  • Ann E. Todd

    as Little Sister

  • Diane Fisher

    as Little Girl

  • Dickie Moore

    as Brunig

  • Eddy Waller

    as Birch Tree (uncredited)

  • William Byrne

    as Child

  • Alice Armand

    as Weeping Willow

  • James Blaine

    as Beech Tree

  • Alec Craig

    as Groom

  • Dorothy Dearing

    as Cypress

  • Barry Downing

    as Child

  • Claire Du Brey

    as Nurse

  • Edward Earle

    as Maple Tree

  • Caryll Ann Ekelund

    as Little Girl

  • Charles Flickinger

    as Child

  • Harold Goodwin

    as Hickory

  • Otto Hoffman

    as Crab Apple

  • Crab Apple

    as Child

  • Donald Kearin

    as Child

  • Paul Kruger

    as Pine

  • Jimmie Nickells

    as Child

  • Imboden Parrish

    as Walnut

  • Buster Phelps

    as Boy Inventor

  • Raymond Rayhill Powell

    as Child

  • Dick Rich

    as Elm Tree

  • Dewey Robinson

    as Royal Forester

  • Tommy Tucker

    as Child

  • Venita Vincent

    as Extra

  • Eric Wilton

    as Doorman
Editing Robert Bischoff Editor
Directing Walter Lang Director
Writing Walter Bullock Screenplay
Production Darryl F. Zanuck Producer
Camera Arthur C. Miller Director of Photography
Costume & Make-Up Gwen Wakeling Costume Design
Art Richard Day Art Direction
Art Wiard B. Ihnen Art Direction
Art Thomas Little Set Decoration
Writing Maurice Maeterlinck Theatre Play
Sound Alfred Newman Music

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