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The Blue Bird (1940) Poster

(1940)

Full Cast & Crew

Directed by 

Walter Lang

Writing Credits  

Maurice Maeterlinck ... (by)
 
Ernest Pascal ... (screen play)
 
Walter Bullock ... (additional dialogue)
 
Maurice Maeterlinck ... (based upon the play by)

Cast (in credits order) verified as complete  

Shirley Temple ... Mytyl
Spring Byington ... Mummy Tyl
Nigel Bruce ... Mr. Luxury
Gale Sondergaard ... Tylette
Eddie Collins ... Tylo
Sybil Jason ... Angela Berlingot
Jessie Ralph ... Fairy Berylune
Helen Ericson ... Light
Johnny Russell ... Tyltyl
Laura Hope Crews ... Mrs. Luxury
Russell Hicks ... Daddy Tyl
Cecilia Loftus ... Granny Tyl
Al Shean ... Grandpa Tyl
Leona Roberts ... Mrs. Berlingot
Gene Reynolds ... Studious Boy
Stanley Andrews ... Wilhelm
Frank Dawson ... Caller of Roll
Sterling Holloway ... Wild Plum
Thurston Hall ... Father Time
Edwin Maxwell ... Oak
Herbert Evans ... Footman
Brandon Hurst ... Footman
Keith Hitchcock Keith Hitchcock ... Major Domo
Tommy Baker Tommy Baker ... Lover
Dorothy Joyce Dorothy Joyce ... Lover
Billy Cook ... Boy Chemist
Scotty Beckett ... Child
Juanita Quigley ... Child
Payne B. Johnson Payne B. Johnson ... Child (as Payne Johnson)
Ann E. Todd ... Little Sister (as Ann Todd)
Diane Fisher Diane Fisher ... Crying Girl - Deering
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Phyliss Ackley Phyliss Ackley ... Child (uncredited)
Alice Armand ... Weeping Willow (uncredited)
Velma Berg Velma Berg ... Child (uncredited)
James Blaine ... Beech Tree (uncredited)
Mitchell Singing Boys Mitchell Singing Boys ... Choir (uncredited)
William Byrne William Byrne ... Child (uncredited)
Sally Conlin Sally Conlin ... Child (uncredited)
Alec Craig ... Groom (uncredited)
Dorothy Dearing ... Cypress (uncredited)
Shirley Doble Shirley Doble ... Child (uncredited)
Barry Downing Barry Downing ... Child (uncredited)
Claire Du Brey ... Nurse (uncredited)
Edward Earle ... Maple Tree (uncredited)
Caryll Ann Ekelund ... Little Girl (uncredited)
Charles Flickinger Charles Flickinger ... Child (uncredited)
Loree Lee Foxx Loree Lee Foxx ... Child (uncredited)
Harold Goodwin ... Hickory (uncredited)
Ruddy Hartz Ruddy Hartz ... Child (uncredited)
Otto Hoffman ... Crab Apple (uncredited)
Janice Hood Janice Hood ... Child (uncredited)
Cullen Johnson Cullen Johnson ... Child (uncredited)
Donald Kearin Donald Kearin ... Child (uncredited)
Paul Kruger ... Pine (uncredited)
Rae-Nell Laskey Rae-Nell Laskey ... Child (uncredited)
Peggy McIntyre Peggy McIntyre ... Child (Dancer) (uncredited)
Dickie Moore ... Young Lad (uncredited)
Jimmie Nickells Jimmie Nickells ... Child (uncredited)
Imboden Parrish ... Walnut (uncredited)
Dena Penn ... Child (uncredited)
Buster Phelps ... Boy Inventor (uncredited)
Raymond Rayhill Powell Raymond Rayhill Powell ... Child (uncredited)
Dick Rich ... Elm Tree (uncredited)
Dewey Robinson ... Royal Forester (uncredited)
Teet Smith Teet Smith ... Child (uncredited)
Jacqueline Smylle Jacqueline Smylle ... Child (uncredited)
Tommy Tucker Tommy Tucker ... Child (uncredited)
Venita Vincent Venita Vincent ... Extra (uncredited)
Eddy Waller ... Birch Tree (uncredited)
Eric Wilton Eric Wilton ... Doorman (uncredited)

Produced by 

Gene Markey ... associate producer
Darryl F. Zanuck ... producer

Music by 

Alfred Newman

Cinematography by 

Arthur C. Miller ... director of photography (as Arthur Miller)

Editing by 

Robert Bischoff

Casting By 

Lew Schreiber ... (uncredited)

Art Direction by 

Richard Day
Wiard Ihnen ... (as Wiard B. Ihnen)

Set Decoration by 

Thomas Little ... (set decorations)

Costume Design by 

Gwen Wakeling ... (costumes)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director 

Gene Bryant ... assistant director (uncredited)
Henry Weinberger ... assistant director (uncredited)

Sound Department 

Roger Heman Sr. ... sound (as Roger Heman)
E. Clayton Ward ... sound
Edmund H. Hansen ... sound effects (uncredited)

Special Effects by 

Fred Sersen ... special effects

Camera and Electrical Department 

Ray Rennahan ... associate director of photography

Costume and Wardrobe Department 

Sam Benson ... wardrobe (uncredited)

Editorial Department 

Natalie Kalmus ... color director: Technicolor

Music Department 

David Buttolph ... composer: additional music (uncredited)
Edward B. Powell ... orchestrator (uncredited)
David Raksin ... composer: additional music (uncredited)
Conrad Salinger ... orchestrator (uncredited)

Additional Crew 

Geneva Sawyer ... dances staged by
Crew verified as complete

See also

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