What is the duration of The Blue Bird?

The duration of The Blue Bird is 88 mins.

What is the original language of The Blue Bird?

The original language of The Blue Bird is English.

Who directed The Blue Bird?

The Blue Bird was directed by Walter Lang, Paul Kruger, Frank Dawson.

Which studio made The Blue Bird?

The Blue Bird was produced by 20th Century Fox.

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Q: Does The Blue Bird have end credit scenes?

The Blue Bird does not have end credit scenes.

Comedy

Adventure

Family

Fantasy

Runtime

88 mins

Language

English

Set in vivid Technicolor, the story follows peasant siblings Mytyl and Tyltyl as the fairy Berylune sends them on a quest to find the legendary Blue Bird of Happiness. Along the way they travel with a talking dog, a witty cat, and personified companions such as Light, Fire and even a loaf of Bread, meeting a host of other fantastical beings in a whirlwind adventure.

20th Century Fox

Studio

Walter Lang

Director

Paul Kruger

Director

Frank Dawson

Director

Does The Blue Bird have end credit scenes?

No!

The Blue Bird does not have end credit scenes. You can leave when the credits roll.

Meet the Full Cast and Actors of The Blue Bird

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Sterling Holloway

Wild Plum

Nigel Bruce

Mr. Luxury

Ann E. Todd

Little Sister

Claire Du Brey

Nurse (uncredited)

Eddie Collins

Tylo (the dog)

Alec Craig

Groom (uncredited)

Scotty Beckett

Child

Spring Byington

Mummy Tyl

Leona Roberts

Mrs. Berlingot

Dickie Moore

Brunig (uncredited)

Shirley Temple

Mytyl

Thurston Hall

Father Time

Edwin Maxwell

Oak

Harold Goodwin

Hickory (uncredited)

Juanita Quigley

Child

Jessie Ralph

Fairy Berylune

Gale Sondergaard

Tylette (the cat)

Billy Cook

Boy Chemist

Gene Reynolds

Studious Boy

Tommy Tucker

Child (uncredited)

Edward Earle

Maple Tree (uncredited)

Otto Hoffman

Crab Apple (uncredited)

Dorothy Joyce

Lover

Laura Hope Crews

Mrs. Luxury

Russell Hicks

Daddy Tyl

Payne B. Johnson

Child

Brandon Hurst

Footman

Dick Rich

Elm Tree (uncredited)

Eddy Waller

Birch Tree (uncredited)

Herbert Evans

Footman

Stanley Andrews

Wilhelm

Dewey Robinson

Royal Forester (uncredited)

James Blaine

Beech Tree (uncredited)

Keith Hitchcock

Major Domo

Eric Wilton

Doorman (uncredited)

Dorothy Dearing

Cypress (uncredited)

William Byrne

Child (uncredited)

Buster Phelps

Boy Inventor (uncredited)

Helen Ericson

Light

Venita Vincent

Extra (uncredited)

Diane Fisher

Little Girl

Alice Armand

Weeping Willow (uncredited)

Cecilia Loftus

Granny Tyl

Tommy Baker

Lover

Johnny Russell

Tyltyl

Donald Kearin

Child (uncredited)

Imboden Parrish

Walnut (uncredited)

Raymond Rayhill Powell

Child (uncredited)

Al Shean

Grandpa Tyl

Sybil Jason

Angela Berlingot

Barry Downing

Child (uncredited)

Charles Flickinger

Child (uncredited)

Caryll Ann Ekelund

Little Girl (uncredited)

Jimmie Nickells

Child (uncredited)

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