The Blue Bird (1940) Cast & Crew

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Directed by Walter Lang.

Cast

• Shirley Temple as Mytyl
• Spring Byington as Mummy Tyl
• Nigel Bruce as Mr. Luxury
• Gale Sondergaard as Tylette
• Eddie Collins as Tylo
• Sybil Jason as Angela Berlingot
• Jessie Ralph as Fairy Berylune
• Helen Ericson as Light
• Johnny Russell as Tyltyl
• Laura Hope Crews as Mrs. Luxury
• Russell Hicks as Daddy Tyl
• Cecilia Loftus as Granny Tyl
• Al Shean as Grandpa Tyl
• Leona Roberts as Mrs. Berlingot
• Gene Reynolds as Studious Boy
• Stanley Andrews as Wilhelm
• Frank Dawson as Caller of Roll
• Sterling Holloway as Wild Plum
• Thurston Hall as Father Time
• Edwin Maxwell as Oak
• Herbert Evans as Footman
• Brandon Hurst as Footman
• Keith Hitchcock as Major Domo
• Tommy Baker as Lover
• Dorothy Joyce as Lover
• Billy Cook as Boy Chemist
• Scotty Beckett as Child
• Juanita Quigley as Child
• Payne B. Johnson as Child
• Ann E. Todd as Little Sister
• Diane Fisher as Little Girl
• Alice Armand as Weeping Willow (uncredited)
• James Blaine as Beech Tree (uncredited)
• William Byrne as Child (uncredited)
• Alec Craig as Groom (uncredited)
• Dorothy Dearing as Cypress (uncredited)
• Barry Downing as Child (uncredited)
• Claire Du Brey as Nurse (uncredited)
• Edward Earle as Maple Tree (uncredited)
• Caryll Ann Ekelund as Little Girl (uncredited)

Crew

• Darryl F. Zanuck — Producer
• Walter Lang — Director
• Walter Bullock — Screenplay
• Arthur C. Miller — Director of Photography

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