The Blue Bird (1918)
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- Not Rated
- 1h 15min
- Family, Fantasy
- 31 Mar 1918 (USA)
- Movie
With the aid and guidance of a magical fairy, two peasant children set out in search of the elusive "Blue Bird of Happiness".
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Cast
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Tula Belle | ... |
Mytyl
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Robin Macdougall | ... |
Tyltyl
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Edwin E. Reed | ... |
Daddy Tyl
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Emma Lowry | ... |
Mummy Tyl
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| William J. Gross | ... |
Grandpa Gaffer Tyl
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Florence Anderson | ... |
Granny Tyl
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| Edward Elkas | ... |
Widow Berlingot
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Katherine Bianchi | ... |
Widow Berlingot's Daughter
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| Lillian Cook | ... |
Fairy Berylune
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| Gertrude McCoy | ... |
Light
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Lyn Donelson | ... |
Night
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Charles Ascot | ... |
Dog
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Tom Corless | ... |
Cat
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Mary Kennedy | ... |
Water
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Eleanor Masters | ... |
Milk
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Charles Craig | ... |
Sugar
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| Sammy Blum | ... |
Bread
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S.E. Potapovitch | ... |
Fire
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Rose Rolanda |
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Directed by
| Maurice Tourneur | ||
Written by
| Maurice Maeterlinck | ... | (play "L'Oiseau bleu") |
| Charles Maigne | ... | (adapted for the screen by) |
Music by
| Edward Falck | ||
| Hugo Riesenfeld | ||
Cinematography by
| John van den Broek | ||
Editing by
| Clarence Brown | ||
Production Design by
| Ben Carré | ||
Costume Design by
| Ben Carré | ||
Additional Crew
| Adolph Zukor | ... | presenter |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Paramount Pictures (1918) (United States) (theatrical) (as Famous Players-Lasky Corporation)
- Artcraft Pictures Corporation (1918) (United States) (theatrical)
- Pathé Frères (1919) (France) (theatrical)
- Kino Video (2002) (United States) (DVD)
- Grapevine Video (2005) (United States) (DVD) (dvdr)
- Kino Video (2005) (United States) (DVD) (dvdr)
- Grapevine Video (United States) (VHS)
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Storyline
| Plot Summary |
Two peasant children, Mytyl and Tyltyl, are led by Berylune, a fairy, to search for the Blue Bird of Happiness. Berylune gives Tyltyl a cap with a diamond setting, and when Tyltyl turns the diamond, the children become aware of and conversant with the souls of a Dog and a Cat, as well as of Fire, Water, Bread, Light, and other presumably inanimate things. The troupe sets off to find the elusive Blue Bird of Happiness.
Written by Jim Beaver |
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| Taglines | A Mighty Spectacle of Happiness, A Thousand Smiles; a thousand Sobs. A photodrama that will put new courage into America's hearts, the sort of a play that lifts dark thoughts into the sunshine. (Print Ad-Mansfield Shield, ((Mansfield, Ohio)) 11 May 1918) See more » |
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Did You Know?
| Trivia | Filmed in Fort Lee, New Jersey--which, at the time, was the center of the American film industry, before it moved west to Hollywood. See more » |
| Movie Connections | Featured in To the Moon (2020). See more » |
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Title Card:
Tradition whispers that in the sky is a bird, blue as the sky itself, which brings to its finder HAPPINESS. But everyone cannot see it; for mortal eyes are prone to be blinded by the glitter of wealth, fame and position, and deceived by the mocking Will-o'-the-Wisp of empty honors. See more » |