The Blue Bird
The Blue Bird

The Blue Bird

1001 Wonders in Technicolor

5.7(42 votes)
1940
1h 28m
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

20th Century Fox

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

Johnny Russell

Johnny Russell

Tyltyl

Laura Hope Crews

Laura Hope Crews

Mrs. Luxury

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