The Blue Bird
57 %|Jan 15, 1940|Family, Fantasy, Adventure, Comedy
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.
Featured Crew
Robert Bischoff
Editor
Walter Lang
Director
Darryl F. Zanuck
Producer
Walter Bullock
Screenplay
Gwen Wakeling
Costume Design
Thomas Little
Set Decoration
Arthur C. Miller
Director of Photography
Wiard B. Ihnen
Art Direction
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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
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
Dick Rich
Elm Tree
Dewey Robinson
Royal Forester
Tommy Tucker
Child
Venita Vincent
Extra
Eric Wilton
Doorman