
The Blue Bird1940
About
- Runtime
- 1 hour 28 minutes
- Language
- English
- Tagline
- 1001 Wonders in Technicolor
- Overview
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.
- Genres
- Family, Fantasy, Adventure, Comedy
- Released
- January 15, 1940
- Budget
- $2,000,000
- Production
- 20th Century Fox
Credits
Directing
- Walter LangDirector
Writing
- Walter BullockScreenplay
- Maurice MaeterlinckTheatre Play
- Ernest PascalScreenplay
Art
- Richard DayArt Direction
- Wiard B. IhnenArt Direction
- Thomas LittleSet Decoration
Camera
- Arthur C. MillerDirector of Photography
Costume & Make-Up
- Gwen WakelingCostume Design
Crew
- Edmund H. HansenSpecial Effects
Editing
- Robert BischoffEditor
Production
- Darryl F. ZanuckProducer
Sound
- Alfred NewmanOriginal Music Composer

















