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Also known as Blue Bird

1940 American film directed by Walter Lang

Film · TMDB

5.8

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: 1940-01-1588 minDir: Walter LangFamily, Fantasy, Adventure, ComedyBudget: $2.0M
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Cast

  • Shirley Temple as Mytyl
  • Spring Byington as Mummy Tyl
  • Nigel Bruce as Mr. Luxury
  • Gale Sondergaard as Tylette (the cat)
  • Eddie Collins as Tylo (the dog)
  • Sybil Jason as Angela Berlingot

Themes

  • fairy tale
  • peasant
  • based on fairy tale

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Ratings

IMDb

6.2/10

2,222 votes

Year
1940
Runtime
88 min
Genres
Adventure, Family, Fantasy

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
film
Country of origin
United States
Original language
English language
Director
Walter Lang
Screenwriter
Ernest Pascal
Cast member
Claire Du Brey
Production company
20th Century Studios
Cinematographer
Ray Rennahan
Filming location
California
Duration
83
FilmAffinity ID
340619
Distribution format
video on demand
Image
The Blue Bird press photograph, front (cropped).jpg
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publication date
1940-01-15
title
The Blue Bird
distributed by
Netflix
costume designer
Gwen Wakeling
after a work by
Ernest Pascal
Commons category
The Blue Bird (1940 film)
aspect ratio (W:H)
Academy ratio
capital cost
2000000
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