The Blue Bird

Mar 31, 1918

1h 15m

★ 6.6

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

Drama

Fantasy

Production Companies

Paramount Pictures

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Cast

Mytyl

Tula Belle

Tyltyl

Robin Macdougall

Daddy Tyl

Edwin E. Reed

Mummy Tyl

Emma Lowry

Grandpa Gaffer Tyl

William J. Gross

Granny Tyl

Florence Anderson

Light

Gertrude McCoy

Fairy Berylune

Lillian Cook

Night

Lyn Donelson

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