The Blue Bird
The Blue Bird
Release: 1940-01-15
·Runtime: 88m
·★ 5.7
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.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
20th Century Fox
Cast
Eddie Collins
as Tylo (the dog)
Al Shean
as Grandpa Tyl
Billy Cook
as Boy Chemist
Edward Earle
as Maple Tree (uncredited)
Herbert Evans
as Footman
Juanita Quigley
as Child
Ann E. Todd
as Little Sister
Nigel Bruce
as Mr. Luxury
Helen Ericson
as Light
James Blaine
as Beech Tree (uncredited)
Claire Du Brey
as Nurse (uncredited)
Eddy Waller
as Birch Tree (uncredited)
Sybil Jason
as Angela Berlingot
Stanley Andrews
as Wilhelm
Sterling Holloway
as Wild Plum
Scotty Beckett
as Child
Alec Craig
as Groom (uncredited)
Paul Kruger
as Pine (uncredited)
Spring Byington
as Mummy Tyl
Jessie Ralph
as Fairy Berylune
Laura Hope Crews
as Mrs. Luxury
Russell Hicks
as Daddy Tyl
Thurston Hall
as Father Time
Brandon Hurst
as Footman
Harold Goodwin
as Hickory (uncredited)
Shirley Temple
as Mytyl
Johnny Russell
as Tyltyl
Gene Reynolds
as Studious Boy
Otto Hoffman
as Crab Apple (uncredited)
Dickie Moore
as Brunig (uncredited)
Buster Phelps
as Boy Inventor (uncredited)
Dewey Robinson
as Royal Forester (uncredited)
Gale Sondergaard
as Tylette (the cat)
Cecilia Loftus
as Granny Tyl
Leona Roberts
as Mrs. Berlingot
Edwin Maxwell
as Oak
Dick Rich
as Elm Tree (uncredited)