Peasant children Mytyl and Tyltyl are led on a magical quest for the fabulous Blue Bird of Happiness by the fairy Berylune. On their journey, they're accompanied by the anthropomorphized presences of a Dog, a Cat, Light, Fire, and Bread, among other entities.
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Shirley Temple | Mytyl |
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Spring Byington | Mummy Tyl |
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Nigel Bruce | Mr. Luxury |
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Gale Sondergaard | Tylette |
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Eddie Collins | Tylo |
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Sybil Jason | Angela Berlingot |
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Jessie Ralph | Fairy Berylune |
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Helen Ericson | Light |
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Johnny Russell | Tyltyl |
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Laura Hope Crews | Mrs. Luxury |
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Russell Hicks | Daddy Tyl |
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Cecilia Loftus | Granny Tyl |
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Al Shean | Grandpa Tyl |
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Leona Roberts | Mrs. Berlingot |
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Gene Reynolds | Studious Boy |
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Stanley Andrews | Wilhelm |
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Frank Dawson | Caller of Roll |
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Sterling Holloway | Wild Plum |
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Thurston Hall | Father Time |
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Edwin Maxwell | Oak |
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Herbert Evans | Footman |
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Brandon Hurst | Footman |
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Keith Hitchcock | Major Domo |
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Tommy Baker | Lover |
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Dorothy Joyce | Lover |
Director | Walter Lang |
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Writer | Maurice Maeterlinck, Ernest Pascal, Walter Bullock | |
Producer | Gene Markey, Darryl F. Zanuck | |
Musician | Alfred Newman | |
Photography | Arthur C. Miller |