The Blue Bird

The Blue Bird (1940)

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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  • Release Date: 1940-01-15
  • Runtime: 1h 28min
  • Director: Walter Lang

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  • 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

    • Al Shean

      Grandpa Tyl

    • Leona Roberts

      Mrs. Berlingot

    • Gene Reynolds

      Studious Boy

    • Stanley Andrews

      Wilhelm

    • Frank Dawson

      Caller of Roll

    • Sterling Holloway

      Wild Plum

    • Thurston Hall

      Father Time

    • Edwin Maxwell

      Oak

    • Herbert Evans

      Footman

    • Brandon Hurst

      Footman

    • Keith Hitchcock

      Major Domo

    • Tommy Baker

      Lover

    • Dorothy Joyce

      Lover

    • Billy Cook

      Boy Chemist

    • Scotty Beckett

      Child

    • Juanita Quigley

      Child

    • Payne B. Johnson

      Child

    • Ann E. Todd

      Little Sister

    • Diane Fisher

      Little Girl

    • Dickie Moore

      Brunig

    • Eddy Waller

      Birch Tree

    • William Byrne

      Child

    • Alice Armand

      Weeping Willow

    • James Blaine

      Beech Tree

    • Alec Craig

      Groom

    • Dorothy Dearing

      Cypress

    • Barry Downing

      Child

    • Claire Du Brey

      Nurse

    • Edward Earle

      Maple Tree

    • Caryll Ann Ekelund

      Little Girl

    • Charles Flickinger

      Child

    • Harold Goodwin

      Hickory

    • Otto Hoffman

      Crab Apple

    • Crab Apple

      Child

    • Donald Kearin

      Child

    • Paul Kruger

      Pine

    • Jimmie Nickells

      Child

    • Imboden Parrish

      Walnut

    • Buster Phelps

      Boy Inventor

    • Raymond Rayhill Powell

      Child

    • Dick Rich

      Elm Tree

    • Dewey Robinson

      Royal Forester

    • Tommy Tucker

      Child

    • Venita Vincent

      Extra

    • Eric Wilton

      Doorman

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