The Blue Bird (1940)

Name: The Blue Bird
Genre: Family, Fantasy, Adventure, Comedy
Released: 1940-01-15
Duration: 88 min
Cast: Shirley Temple, Spring Byington, Nigel Bruce, Gale Sondergaard, Eddie Collins

1001 Wonders in Technicolor

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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Released 1940-01-15 · 88 min · Family, Fantasy, Adventure, Comedy

Directed by Walter Lang

Cast

Shirley Temple as Mytyl
Spring Byington as Mummy Tyl
Nigel Bruce as Mr. Luxury
Gale Sondergaard as Tylette
Eddie Collins as Tylo
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