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The Blue Bird (1940)

G ★ 5.8/10 88 min Family, Fantasy, Adventure, Comedy United States English
Director: Walter Lang
Screenplay by: Walter Bullock
Theatre Play: Maurice Maeterlinck
Streaming on:
1001 Wonders in Technicolor

Description

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.

Top Cast

Shirley Temple
Shirley Temple Mytyl
Spring Byington
Spring Byington Mummy Tyl
Nigel Bruce
Nigel Bruce Mr. Luxury
Gale Sondergaard
Gale Sondergaard Tylette (the cat)
Eddie Collins
Eddie Collins Tylo (the dog)
Sybil Jason
Sybil Jason Angela Berlingot
Jessie Ralph
Jessie Ralph Fairy Berylune
Helen Ericson
Helen Ericson Light

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