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The Blue Bird
1940
Directed by
Walter Lang
88 min
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.
Ratings
3.5
Cast
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Shirley Temple
Mytyl
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Spring Byington
Mummy Tyl
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Nigel Bruce
Mr. Luxury
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Gale Sondergaard
Tylette (the cat)
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Eddie Collins
Tylo (the dog)
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Sybil Jason
Angela Berlingot
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Jessie Ralph
Fairy Berylune
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Helen Ericson
Light
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Johnny Russell
Tyltyl
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Laura Hope Crews
Mrs. Luxury
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Russell Hicks
Daddy Tyl
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Cecilia Loftus
Granny Tyl
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Al Shean
Grandpa Tyl
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Leona Roberts
Mrs. Berlingot
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Gene Reynolds
Studious Boy
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Stanley Andrews
Wilhelm
Frank Dawson
Caller of Roll
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Sterling Holloway
Wild Plum
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Thurston Hall
Father Time
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Edwin Maxwell
Oak
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Herbert Evans
Footman
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Brandon Hurst
Footman
Keith Hitchcock
Major Domo
Tommy Baker
Lover
Dorothy Joyce
Lover
Billy Cook
Boy Chemist
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Scotty Beckett
Child
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Juanita Quigley
Child
Payne B. Johnson
Child
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Ann E. Todd
Little Sister
Diane Fisher
Little Girl
Alice Armand
Weeping Willow (uncredited)
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James Blaine
Beech Tree (uncredited)
William Byrne
Child (uncredited)
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Alec Craig
Groom (uncredited)
Dorothy Dearing
Cypress (uncredited)
Barry Downing
Child (uncredited)
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Claire Du Brey
Nurse (uncredited)
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Edward Earle
Maple Tree (uncredited)
Caryll Ann Ekelund
Little Girl (uncredited)
Charles Flickinger
Child (uncredited)
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Harold Goodwin
Hickory (uncredited)
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Otto Hoffman
Crab Apple (uncredited)
Donald Kearin
Child (uncredited)
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Paul Kruger
Pine (uncredited)
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Dickie Moore
Brunig (uncredited)
Jimmie Nickells
Child (uncredited)
Imboden Parrish
Walnut (uncredited)
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Buster Phelps
Boy Inventor (uncredited)
Raymond Rayhill Powell
Child (uncredited)
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Dick Rich
Elm Tree (uncredited)
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Dewey Robinson
Royal Forester (uncredited)
Tommy Tucker
Child (uncredited)
Venita Vincent
Extra (uncredited)
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Eddy Waller
Birch Tree (uncredited)
Eric Wilton
Doorman (uncredited)
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Details
Release Date
1940-01-15
Runtime
88 min
Original Language
English
Languages
English
Production Companies
20th Century Fox
Countries
United States of America
Genres
Family
Fantasy
Adventure
Comedy