The Blue Bird
1940
Shirley Temple stars in this fairy tale about imaginary lands and the true values of kindness and happiness. The journey begins when Mytyl (Temple) captures a unique bird in the royal forest, then refuses to pass it on to her bedridden best friend. That night, Mytyl is visited in a dream by a fairy who sends her and her brother,.. Read more
| Starring | Shirley Temple, Spring Byington, Nigel Bruce, Gale Sondergaard |
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| Director | Walter Lang |
| Genres | Children, Sci-Fi/Fantasy |
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The Blue Bird
Shirley Temple stars in this fairy tale about imaginary lands and the true values of kindness and happiness. The journey begins when Mytyl (Temple) captures a unique bird in the royal forest, then refuses to pass it on to her bedridden best friend. That night, Mytyl is visited in a dream by a fairy who sends her and her brother, Tytyl (John Russell), on a quest for the bluebird of happiness. Accompanied by their pet dog and cat, Mytyl and Tytyl set out on an adventure into the past, the future, and the Land of Luxury--only to find the bluebird in a most unexpected place.
| Starring | Shirley Temple, Spring Byington, Nigel Bruce, Gale Sondergaard, Eddie Collins |
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| Director | Walter Lang |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 23 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Children, Sci-Fi/Fantasy |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Released | DVD: not available Production year: 1940 |
| Format | DVD |
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An imaginative and often chilling script clarifies Maurice Maeterlinck's fairy play, and the art direction is outstanding, but the children are necessarily unsympathetic and the expensive production paled beside the success of the more upbeat Wizard of
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Forget the alluring cast (incorporating some Russian dancers for the ballet sequences), this is a desperately... read more on Time Out
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The Blue Bird
Shirley Temple stars in this fairy tale about imaginary lands and the true values of kindness and happiness. The journey begins when Mytyl (Temple) captures a unique bird in the royal forest, then refuses to pass it on to her bedridden best friend. That night, Mytyl is visited in a dream by a fairy ...
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