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The Blue Bird
Year:
Duration:
88 min | 74 min (TCM print) | 83 min (TCM print)
Genres:
Drama | Family | Fantasy
IMDB rate:
6.5
Director:
Walter Lang
Awards:
Nominated for 2 Oscars.
Details
Country: USA
Release Date: 1940-01-15
Filming Locations: 20th Century Fox Studios - 10201 Pico Blvd., Century City, Los Angeles, California, USA
Cast
Actor
Character
Shirley Temple
Mytyl
Spring Byington
Mummy Tyl
Nigel Bruce
Mr. Luxury
Gale Sondergaard
Tylette
Eddie Collins
Tylo
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
Frank Dawson
Caller of Roll
Sterling Holloway
Wild Plum
Thurston Hall
Father Time
Edwin Maxwell
Oak
Herbert Evans
Footman
Brandon Hurst
Footman
Keith Hitchcock
Major Domo
Tommy Baker
Lover
Dorothy Joyce
Lover
Billy Cook
Boy Chemist
Juanita Quigley
Child
Payne B. Johnson
Child (as Payne Johnson)
Ann E. Todd
Little Sister (as Ann Todd)
Diane Fisher
Little Girl
William Byrne
Child (as Billy Byrne uncredited)
Alice Armand
Weeping Willow (uncredited)
James Blaine
Beech Tree (uncredited)
Mitchell Singing Boys
Choir (uncredited)
Alec Craig
Groom (uncredited)
Dorothy Dearing
Cypress (uncredited)
Barry Downing
Child (uncredited)
Claire Du Brey
Nurse (uncredited)
Edward Earle
Maple Tree (uncredited)
Caryll Ann Ekelund
Little Girl (uncredited)
Charles Flickinger
Child (uncredited)
Harold Goodwin
Hickory (uncredited)
Otto Hoffman
Crab Apple (uncredited)
Cullen Johnson
Child (uncredited)
Donald Kearin
Child (uncredited)
Paul Kruger
Pine (uncredited)
Dickie Moore
Young Lad (uncredited)
Jimmie Nickells
Child (uncredited)
Imboden Parrish
Walnut (uncredited)
Buster Phelps
Boy Inventor (uncredited)
Raymond Rayhill Powell
Child (uncredited)
Dick Rich
Elm Tree (uncredited)
Dewey Robinson
Royal Forester (uncredited)
Tommy Tucker
Child (uncredited)
Eddy Waller
Birch Tree (uncredited)
Eric Wilton
Doorman (uncredited)
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Trivia
Gale Sondergaard was originally cast as the Wicked Witch in The Wizard of Oz (1939), but she instead chose the role of Tylette the Cat in this film.
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On 24 December 1939, a month before the film premiered, Shirley Temple and Nelson Eddy performed a 30-minute radio adaptation of the play on the Lady Esther Screen Guild Theater, a program adapting popular films with some of Hollywood's biggest stars. It was during this program, according to Ms. Temple's autobiography, that a deranged woman who'd been stalking her managed to get within three feet of the stage with a loaded gun before being stopped and disarmed. Ms. Temple, Mr. Eddy, and the rest of the cast somehow managed to keep their composure through all of this, with the listening audience none the wiser.
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The production utilized 300 children between the ages of 4 and 10. They also hired 30 nurses and 30 studio teachers to look after the children, all under the supervision of assistant director Henry Weinberger.
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Goofs
When Tylette is doing aerial spins in the Luxury's living room, the performer is clearly not Gale Sondergaard but a much younger stunt double.
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When the group is in the Cemetery, Tylo jumps in the shallow grave instead of falling in.
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Quotes
Mytyl: Mummy, why do we have to be so poor all the time?
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Mytyl: Lightning struck, and the whole forest went up in flames.
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Tylette: I know we've never been friends, but now we've got to work together. We can't allow the children to go through with this.
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Photos from cast
Scotty Beckett
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