The Blue Bird
Set in mid-Europe sometime in the late 18th century where Mytyl (Shirley Temple), the bratty daughter of a woodcutter (Russell Hicks), finds a unique bird in the Royal Forest and selfishly refuses to give it to her sick friend. That night, she is visited in a dream by a fairy named Berylune (Jessie Ralph ) who sends her and her brother Tyltyl (Johnny Russell) to search for the Blue Bird of Happiness. To accompany them, the fairy magically transforms their dog Tylo (Eddie Collins), cat Tylette (Gale Sondergaard), and lantern ("Light") into human form. The children have a number of adventures. The dream journey makes Mytyl awake as a kinder and gentler girl who has learned to appreciate all the comforts and joys of her home and family.
Drama, Family, Fantasy
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
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 Todd as Little Sister, Diane Fisher as Little Girl, Dickie Moore as Young Lad (uncredited), Eddy Waller as Birch Tree (uncredited), William Byrne as Child, Alice Armand as Weeping Willow, James Blaine as Beech Tree, Mitchell Singing Boys as Choir, 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