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The Blue Bird ()

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Mytyl and her brother Tyltyl, a woodchopper's children, are led by the Fairy Berylune on a magical trip through the past, present, and future to locate the Blue Bird of Happiness.
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Mytyl
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Mummy Tyl
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Mr. Luxury
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Tylette
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Tylo
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Angela Berlingot
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Fairy Berylune
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Light
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Tyltyl
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Mrs. Luxury
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Daddy Tyl
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Granny Tyl
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Grandpa Tyl
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Mrs. Berlingot
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Studious Boy
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Wilhelm
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Caller of Roll
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Wild Plum
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Father Time
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Oak
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Footman
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Footman
Keith Hitchcock ...
Major Domo
Tommy Baker ...
Lover
Dorothy Joyce ...
Lover
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Boy Chemist
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Child
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Child
Payne B. Johnson ...
Child (as Payne Johnson)
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Little Sister (as Ann Todd)
Diane Fisher ...
Crying Girl - Deering
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Phyliss Ackley ...
Child (uncredited)
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Weeping Willow (uncredited)
Velma Berg ...
Child (uncredited)
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Beech Tree (uncredited)
Mitchell Singing Boys ...
Choir (uncredited)
William Byrne ...
Child (uncredited)
Sally Conlin ...
Child (uncredited)
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Groom (uncredited)
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Cypress (uncredited)
Shirley Doble ...
Child (uncredited)
Barry Downing ...
Child (uncredited)
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Nurse (uncredited)
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Maple Tree (uncredited)
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Little Girl (uncredited)
Charles Flickinger ...
Child (uncredited)
Loree Lee Foxx ...
Child (uncredited)
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Hickory (uncredited)
Ruddy Hartz ...
Child (uncredited)
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Crab Apple (uncredited)
Janice Hood ...
Child (uncredited)
Cullen Johnson ...
Child (uncredited)
Donald Kearin ...
Child (uncredited)
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Pine (uncredited)
Rae-Nell Laskey ...
Child (uncredited)
Peggy McIntyre ...
Child (Dancer) (uncredited)
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Young Lad (uncredited)
Jimmie Nickells ...
Child (uncredited)
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Walnut (uncredited)
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Child (uncredited)
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Boy Inventor (uncredited)
Raymond Rayhill Powell ...
Child (uncredited)
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Elm Tree (uncredited)
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Royal Forester (uncredited)
Teet Smith ...
Child (uncredited)
Jacqueline Smylle ...
Child (uncredited)
Tommy Tucker ...
Child (uncredited)
Venita Vincent ...
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Birch Tree (uncredited)
Eric Wilton ...
Doorman (uncredited)

Directed by

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Walter Lang

Written by

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Maurice Maeterlinck ... (by)
 
Ernest Pascal ... (screen play)
 
Walter Bullock ... (additional dialogue)
 
Maurice Maeterlinck ... (based upon the play by)

Produced by

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Gene Markey ... associate producer
Darryl F. Zanuck ... producer

Music by

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Alfred Newman

Cinematography by

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Arthur C. Miller ... director of photography (as Arthur Miller)

Editing by

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Robert Bischoff

Editorial Department

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Natalie Kalmus ... color director: Technicolor

Casting By

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Lew Schreiber ... (uncredited)

Art Direction by

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Richard Day
Wiard Ihnen ... (as Wiard B. Ihnen)

Set Decoration by

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Thomas Little ... (set decorations)

Costume Design by

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Gwen Wakeling ... (costumes)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Gene Bryant ... assistant director (uncredited)
Henry Weinberger ... assistant director (uncredited)

Sound Department

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Roger Heman Sr. ... sound (as Roger Heman)
E. Clayton Ward ... sound
Edmund H. Hansen ... sound effects (uncredited)

Special Effects by

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Fred Sersen ... special effects

Camera and Electrical Department

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Ray Rennahan ... associate director of photography

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Sam Benson ... wardrobe (uncredited)

Music Department

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David Buttolph ... composer: additional music (uncredited)
Edward B. Powell ... orchestrator (uncredited)
David Raksin ... composer: additional music (uncredited)
Conrad Salinger ... orchestrator (uncredited)

Additional Crew

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Geneva Sawyer ... dances staged by
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Storyline

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Plot Keywords
Taglines 1001 Wonders in Technicolor (Print Ad- New York Sun, ((New York, NY)) 21 March 1940) See more »
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Also Known As
  • L'oiseau bleu (France)
  • El pájaro azul (Spain)
  • To galazio pouli (Greece)
  • Błękitny ptak (Poland)
  • Fågel blå (Sweden)
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Runtime
  • 88 min
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Budget $2,000,000 (estimated)

Did You Know?

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Trivia The blue bird of the title was paid $50 a day, and flew away from a Los Angeles aviary soon after the movie was finished. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in Shirley Temple: The Biggest Little Star (1996). See more »
Soundtracks O Come Little Children See more »
Crazy Credits Opening credits listed in hand turned pages of a book. See more »
Quotes Granny Tyl: Somebody must be thinking of us. I feel quite strong. I think we're going to have visitors. They seem to be coming near.
Grandpa Tyl: Maybe now I can finish my carving. I've been at this one for nearly a whole year.
Granny Tyl: That's because we're so seldom awake.
Mytyl, Tyltyl: Granny! Grandpa!
Granny Tyl: It's the children! Give us a hug, dears, a big one this time.
Grandpa Tyl: It's been months and months since you last remembered us.
Granny Tyl: The last time was Easter morning. The church bells were ringing.
Mytyl: Easter? Oh, we didn't go out that day. We both had very bad colds.
Granny Tyl: But you thought of us.
Mytyl: Yes, we missed you.
Granny Tyl: Every time you think of us, we wake up and see you again.
Mytyl: But we thought you were dead.
Granny Tyl: No, dear. Only when we're forgotten.
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