The Blue Bird

1001 Wonders in Technicolor

5.7

1940

1h 28m

English

AdventureComedyFamilyFantasy

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Overview

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.

Director

Walter Lang

Producer

Darryl F. Zanuck

Budget

$2,000,000

Cast

Shirley Temple

Mytyl

Spring Byington

Mummy Tyl

Nigel Bruce

Mr. Luxury

Gale Sondergaard

Tylette (the cat)

Eddie Collins

Tylo (the dog)

Sybil Jason

Angela Berlingot

Jessie Ralph

Fairy Berylune

Helen Ericson

Light

Johnny Russell

Tyltyl

Laura Hope Crews

Mrs. Luxury

Russell Hicks

Daddy Tyl

Cecilia Loftus

Granny Tyl

The Blue Bird