The Blue Bird

5.7

88 minutes

1/15/1940

Overview

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 List

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 Brunig
Eddy Waller
as Birch Tree
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
Charles Flickinger
as Child
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
Raymond Rayhill Powell
as Child
Dick Rich
as Elm Tree
Dewey Robinson
as Royal Forester
Tommy Tucker
as Child
Venita Vincent
as Extra
Eric Wilton
as Doorman