The Blue Bird (1940)
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.
- Released
- 1940-01-15
- Genres
- Family, Fantasy, Adventure
- Runtime
- 88 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Walter Lang, Walter Bullock, Ernest Pascal
- TMDB rating
- 5.9/10 from 48 votes
Cast
- Shirley Temple as Mytyl
- Spring Byington as Mummy Tyl
- Nigel Bruce as Mr. Luxury
- Gale Sondergaard as Tylette
- Eddie Collins as Tylo
- Sybil Jason as Angela Berlingot
- Jessie Ralph as Fairy Berylune
- Helen Ericson as Light
- Johnny Russell as Tyltyl
- Laura Hope Crews as Mrs. Luxury
- Russell Hicks as Daddy Tyl
- Cecilia Loftus as Granny Tyl
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