Description: Brand New and Free Shipping in the USA "The Blue Bird" is a 1940 musical film on DVD starring Shirley Temple, Spring Byington, and Nigel Bruce. Directed by Walter Lang and produced by Darryl F. Zanuck and Tine Grew Pfeiffer, this family-live action movie has a run time of 88 minutes. It offers language options in English, French, and Spanish, under the 20th Century Fox studio. Rated G, it falls under the sub-genre of Family-Live Action. Shirley Temple, Spring Byington, Nigel Bruce, Gale Sondergaard, Eddie Collins A naughty little girl dreams she and her brother are sent by a fairy to find the bluebird of happiness.A poignant story of a selfish young German girl's search for happiness, Blue Bird is a classic Shirley Temple film with a storybook Hansel and Gretel feel. This restored and remastered 1940 film opens with a purposely grainy, black and white world that reinforces Mytyl's (Shirley Temple) ill-humored attitude toward life. Mytyl consistently complains about everything and fails to see that she and her family are really quite blessed until her father is summoned to war. A dramatic switch to Technicolor, now bright and clear thanks to restoration efforts, marks the fairy Berylone's (Jessie Ralph) nighttime appearance and the beginning of Mytyl's and her brother Tyltyl's (Johnny Russell) quest to find the blue bird of happiness. Lead by "Light" (Helen Ericson), the children and their faithful dog Tylo (Eddie Collins) and scheming cat Tylette (Gale Sondergaard) journey through the lands of the past, future, and luxury only to find a prevailing unhappiness. In the end, it's a journey of self-discovery that leads Mytyl to find true happiness in a most unexpected place. This film marks a departure from the typically sunny and cheerful characters played by Shirley Temple and was, in spite of its lavish scenery and nominations for Academy Awards in both cinematography and special effects, unsuccessful at the box office. (Ages 5 and older)
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Region Code: DVD: 1 (US, Canada...)
Producer: Darryl F. Zanuck, Tine Grew Pfeiffer
Movie/TV Title: The Blue Bird
Director: Walter Lang
Language: English, French, Spanish
Run Time: 88 min.
Rating: G
Format: DVD
Release Year: 1940
Genre: Musical
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Sub-Genre: Family-Live Action
