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The Blue Bird (1940)
Front Cover Actor
Shirley Temple Mytyl
Spring Byington Mummy Tyl
Nigel Bruce Mr. Luxury
Gale Sondergaard Tylette
Eddie Collins Tylo
Sybil Jason Angela Berlingot
Movie Details
Genre Family; Fantasy; Kids
Director Walter Lang
Producer Darryl F. Zanuck
Writer Maurice Maeterlinck; Ernest Pascal; Walter Bullock
Photography Arthur C. Miller
Musician Alfred Newman
Type Theater
Language English
MPAA Rating G
Running Time 88 mins
Country U.S.
Color Color
IMDb Rating 5.9
Plot
1- A Germanic, gingerbread story, a little like Hansel and Gretel, which visits the future and the past and looks at the range of human nature. Though beautifully filmed it was Shirley Temple's first box office flop.

2 - 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.
Personal Details
10 Point Ranking 6
Owner Bruce
Current Value $13.49
Leonard Maltin xx
USCCB Rating A-I
Links Amazon US
IMDB
USCCB
Product Details
Format VHS
Region Region 1
Subtitles Spanish
Notes
Best for the younger members of the family.