The Blue Bird

The Blue Bird

83 mins | Comedy, Adventure, Family, Fantasy | Jan. 15, 1940

An ungrateful girl and her little brother are transported in their dreams by a fairy to a wonderland, tasked with finding the mythical blue bird of happiness, meeting friends and foes along the way.

The Blue Bird

83 mins | Comedy, Adventure, Family, Fantasy | Jan. 15, 1940

The Blue Bird
An ungrateful girl and her little brother are transported in their dreams by a fairy to a wonderland, tasked with finding the mythical blue bird of happiness, meeting friends and foes along the way.
IMDb rating 6.2
Producers 20th Century Fox
Original title The Blue Bird
Directors Walter Lang
Writers Walter Bullock

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

Jessie Ralph

as Fairy Berylune

Helen Ericson

as Light

Johnny Russell

as Tyltyl

Laura Hope Crews

as Mrs. Luxury

Russell Hicks

as Daddy Tyl

Cecilia Loftus

as Granny Tyl

Al Shean

as Grandpa Tyl

Leona Roberts

as Mrs. Berlingot

Gene Reynolds

as Studious Boy

Stanley Andrews

as Wilhelm

Frank Dawson

as Caller of Roll

Sterling Holloway

as Wild Plum

Thurston Hall

as Father Time

Edwin Maxwell

as Oak

Herbert Evans

as Footman

Brandon Hurst

as Footman

Keith Hitchcock

as Major Domo

Tommy Baker

as Lover

Dorothy Joyce

as Lover

Billy Cook

as Boy Chemist

Scotty Beckett

as Child

Juanita Quigley

as Child

Payne B. Johnson

as Child

Ann E. Todd

as Little Sister

Diane Fisher

as Little Girl

Dickie Moore

as Young Lad (uncredited)

Eddy Waller

as Birch Tree (uncredited)

William Byrne

as Child

Alice Armand

as Weeping Willow

James Blaine

as Beech Tree

Alec Craig

as Groom

Dorothy Dearing

as Cypress

Barry Downing

as Child

Claire Du Brey

as Nurse

Edward Earle

as Maple Tree

Caryll Ann Ekelund

as Little Girl

Harold Goodwin

as Hickory

Otto Hoffman

as Crab Apple

Crab Apple

as Child

Donald Kearin

as Child

Paul Kruger

as Pine

Jimmie Nickells

as Child

Imboden Parrish

as Walnut

Buster Phelps

as Boy Inventor

Dick Rich

as Elm Tree

Dewey Robinson

as Royal Forester

Tommy Tucker

as Child

Venita Vincent

as Extra

Eric Wilton

as Doorman