Almost a month prior to the film's release, "The Blue Bird" was dramatized as a half-hour radio play on the December 24, 1939, broadcast of "The Screen Guild Theater", starring Shirley Temple and Nelson Eddy. It was during this radio performance that a crazed woman made an attempt on Temple's life. As Temple was singing "Someday You'll Find Your Bluebird," the woman arose from her seat and pulled out a handgun, pointing it directly at her. The woman froze just long enough for police to get to her. It was later discovered that the woman had lost a child on the day it was publicly stated that Temple was born, and she blamed Temple for stealing her daughter's soul. The woman did not know that Temple was born in 1928, not 1929.