The Blue Bird

Jan 15, 1940

1h 28m

★ 5.7

1001 Wonders in Technicolor

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.

Genres

Family

Fantasy

Adventure

Comedy

Production Companies

20th Century Fox

The Blue Bird Trailers

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Cast

Mytyl

Shirley Temple

Mummy Tyl

Spring Byington

Mr. Luxury

Nigel Bruce

Tylette (the cat)

Gale Sondergaard

Tylo (the dog)

Eddie Collins

Angela Berlingot

Sybil Jason

Fairy Berylune

Jessie Ralph

Light

Helen Ericson

Tyltyl

Johnny Russell

Mrs. Luxury

Laura Hope Crews

Daddy Tyl

Russell Hicks

Granny Tyl

Cecilia Loftus

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