The Blue Bird
movie
1001 Wonders in Technicolor
Released January 15, 1940
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.
Cast
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
Crew
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Robert Bischoff
as
Editor
Walter Lang
as
Director
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Walter Bullock
as
Screenplay
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Darryl F. Zanuck
as
Producer
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Arthur C. Miller
as
Director of Photography
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Gwen Wakeling
as
Costume Design
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Richard Day
as
Art Direction
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Wiard B. Ihnen
as
Art Direction
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Thomas Little
as
Set Decoration
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Maurice Maeterlinck
as
Theatre Play
Alfred Newman
as
Music