The Blue Bird (1940)

1001 Wonders in Technicolor

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.

Cast (56)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

Shirley Temple

Mytyl

Spring Byington

Mummy Tyl

Nigel Bruce

Mr. Luxury

Gale Sondergaard

Tylette

Eddie Collins

Tylo

S

Sybil Jason

Angela Berlingot

Jessie Ralph

Fairy Berylune

Helen Ericson

Light

Johnny Russell

Tyltyl

Laura Hope Crews

Mrs. Luxury

Russell Hicks

Daddy Tyl

Cecilia Loftus

Granny Tyl

Al Shean

Grandpa Tyl

Leona Roberts

Mrs. Berlingot

Gene Reynolds

Studious Boy

Stanley Andrews

Wilhelm

F

Frank Dawson

Caller of Roll

Sterling Holloway

Wild Plum

Thurston Hall

Father Time

Edwin Maxwell

Oak

Herbert Evans

Footman

Brandon Hurst

Footman

K

Keith Hitchcock

Major Domo

T

Tommy Baker

Lover

D

Dorothy Joyce

Lover

Billy Cook

Boy Chemist

Scotty Beckett

Child

Juanita Quigley

Child

P

Payne B. Johnson

Child

Ann E. Todd

Little Sister

D

Diane Fisher

Little Girl

A

Alice Armand

Weeping Willow (uncredited)

James Blaine

Beech Tree (uncredited)

W

William Byrne

Child (uncredited)

Alec Craig

Groom (uncredited)

D

Dorothy Dearing

Cypress (uncredited)

B

Barry Downing

Child (uncredited)

Claire Du Brey

Nurse (uncredited)

Edward Earle

Maple Tree (uncredited)

C

Caryll Ann Ekelund

Little Girl (uncredited)

C

Charles Flickinger

Child (uncredited)

Harold Goodwin

Hickory (uncredited)

Otto Hoffman

Crab Apple (uncredited)

D

Donald Kearin

Child (uncredited)

Paul Kruger

Pine (uncredited)

Dickie Moore

Brunig (uncredited)

J

Jimmie Nickells

Child (uncredited)

I

Imboden Parrish

Walnut (uncredited)

Buster Phelps

Boy Inventor (uncredited)

R

Raymond Rayhill Powell

Child (uncredited)

Dick Rich

Elm Tree (uncredited)

Dewey Robinson

Royal Forester (uncredited)

T

Tommy Tucker

Child (uncredited)

V

Venita Vincent

Extra (uncredited)

Eddy Waller

Birch Tree (uncredited)

E

Eric Wilton

Doorman (uncredited)

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