---
title: 'The Blue Bird (1940)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Walter Lang'
released: '1940-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 83
certification: 'G'
genres:
  - 'Fantasy'
  - 'Family'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-blue-bird-1940'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032264/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Blue Bird (1940)

1940 · G · 83 min · Fantasy, Family · United States


## Synopsis

The Blue Bird is a 1940 American fantasy film directed by Walter Lang. The screenplay by Walter Bullock was adapted from the 1908 play of the same name by Maurice Maeterlinck. Intended as 20th Century Fox's answer to MGM's The Wizard of Oz, which had been released the previous year, it was filmed in Technicolor and tells the story of a disagreeable young girl and her search for happiness.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Walter Lang](https://cinepixo.com/people/walter-lang)
- **Screenplay:** [Ernest Pascal](https://cinepixo.com/people/ernest-pascal)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Alfred Newman](https://cinepixo.com/people/alfred-newman)
- **Producer:** [Darryl F. Zanuck](https://cinepixo.com/people/darryl-f-zanuck)
- **Director of Photography:** [Ray Rennahan](https://cinepixo.com/people/ray-rennahan), [Arthur Charles Miller](https://cinepixo.com/people/arthur-charles-miller)
- **Editor:** [Robert Bischoff](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-bischoff)

## Cast

- [Brandon Hurst](https://cinepixo.com/people/brandon-hurst)
- [Russell Hicks](https://cinepixo.com/people/russell-hicks)
- [Nigel Bruce](https://cinepixo.com/people/nigel-bruce)
- [Sterling Holloway](https://cinepixo.com/people/sterling-holloway)
- [Johnny Russell](https://cinepixo.com/people/johnny-russell)
- [Spring Byington](https://cinepixo.com/people/spring-byington)
- [Leona Roberts](https://cinepixo.com/people/leona-roberts)
- [Edwin Maxwell](https://cinepixo.com/people/edwin-maxwell)
- [Jessie Ralph](https://cinepixo.com/people/jessie-ralph)
- [Eddie Collins](https://cinepixo.com/people/eddie-collins)
- [Al Shean](https://cinepixo.com/people/al-shean)
- [Ann E. Todd](https://cinepixo.com/people/ann-e-todd)
- [Shirley Temple](https://cinepixo.com/people/shirley-temple)
- [Thurston Hall](https://cinepixo.com/people/thurston-hall)
- [Dickie Moore](https://cinepixo.com/people/dickie-moore-2)

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