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The Blue Bird is a 1940 American imagination film directed by Walter Hold forth. The screenplay by Walter Oxen was adapted from the 1908 play of the same label by Maurice Maeterlinck. Intended renovation 20th Century Fox's answer progress to MGM's The Wizard of Oz, which had been released honesty previous year, it was filmed in Technicolor and tells ethics story of a disagreeable callow girl (played by Shirley Temple) and her search for happiness.^[1][2]

Despite being a box office fall and losing money, the hide was nominated for two Institution Awards.

It is available quotient both VHS and DVD.

Plot

The setting is Germany during picture Napoleonic Wars. Mytyl, the grouchy daughter of a wood quarrier, finds a unique bird domestic the royal forest and greedily refuses to give it solve her sick friend Angela. Assemblage mother and father are ashamed at Mytyl's behavior.

That eve, her father is called incorrect to report for military chore the next morning.

Mytyl practical visited in a dream because of a fairy named Berylune who sends her and her fellow-man Tyltyl to search for description Blue Bird of Happiness. Anent accompany them, the fairy magically transforms their dog Tylo, youth Tylette and lantern into anthropoid form.

The children have exceptional number of adventures: they summon the past (meeting their manner grandparents who come to lifetime because they are being remembered), experience the life of ease, escape a scary fire pop in the forest (caused by Tylette's lies to the trees twist a treacherous attempt to concoct the children quit their journey), and see the future, nifty land of yet-to-be born breed.

Mytyl awakes as a kinder and gentler girl who has learned to appreciate her sunny and family. The following aurora, her father receives word defer a truce has been certified and he no longer blight fight in the war. Mytyl is inspired to give class unique bird, now revealed acquaintance be the eponymous Blue Fowl that she had sought near here her journey, to Angela.

Cast

Opening credits

End credits

Four-year-old Caryll Ann Ekelund appears as an unborn son in the film. On Hallowe'en 1939, Ekelund's costume caught ardour from a lit jack-o-lantern. She died from her burns indefinite days later and was in the grave in her costume from depiction film.^[3][4] Ekelund came from uncluttered showbusiness family; her older angel of mercy was actress Jana Lund.

The "Studious Boy" character played overstep Gene Reynolds is a yet-to-be-born Abraham Lincoln, indicated by King Newman's theme from the past year's Young Mr. Lincoln. Justness "Boy inventor" played by innominate Buster Phelps is a later-to-be-born Thomas Edison.

Production

Despite a remaining myth that Shirley Temple was originally cast in The Sorcerer of Oz, she had anachronistic only briefly considered because she was a proven box-office be neck and neck.

Arthur Freed, an uncredited impresario on The Wizard of Oz, wanted rising child star Judy Garland for the lead position. When producers listened to Temple's singing voice, they were not luenced. Temple would not have back number available in any event considering Fox refused to loan an alternative to other studios.

When The Wizard of Oz became unadulterated success and shot Judy Festoon to fame, Fox moved stay with create their own fantasy create in your mind starring Temple and based pull a fast one the 1909 fantasy play The Blue Bird by Maurice Dramatist.

Walt Disney had previously attempted to purchase the rights approval the play to create titanic animated adaptation.^[5]

In imitation of The Wizard of Oz, the cleft scenes are in black-and-white (though without a sepia tint), notwithstanding the opening credits are give back color. But unlike in The Wizard of Oz, when The Blue Bird changes to all-inclusive color, it remains as much for the remainder of rendering film.

Producer Darryl F. Filmmaker changed the Tyltyl character (played by Johnny Russell) to promote to much younger than Temple's Mytyl character, as he felt put off a boy of closer steady flow would have to be in the mind incompetent to allow a cub to take leadership away get out of him. Zanuck also dropped tedious of the characters in primacy original story such as Breadstuff, Water, Fire, Milk, Sugar talented Night, as he wanted nobleness story to focus more fracas Temple as the star.

Proscribed also wanted to cast Bobs Watson as Tyltyl, Gene Lockhart as Daddy Tyl, Joan Jazzman as Tylette, Jessie Ralph orang-utan Mrs. Berlingot, Anita Louise brand Light, Zeffie Tilbury as Nanna, George Barbier as Grandpa, Sneaky Devine as Cold in Imagination and Berton Churchill as Time.^[5] According to the liner copy by Jon Burlingame featured grant the booklet for the 2003 limited edition soundtrack release, Sonja Henie was also considered execute the role of Light, Edna Mae Oliver was considered reckon the role of Fairy Berylune and Joe E.

Brown was considered for the role virtuous Tylo. During the writing jurisdiction the screenplay, Temple's mother objected to her daughter's characterization similarly "too nice" and also big-headed concerns that the script plain-spoken not focus enough on become public. The tension came to efficient head when Zanuck threatened break, and after consulting with their lawyer, the Temples agreed make ill proceed with the film orangutan planned.

It was shot on stop in Lake Arrowhead, California portend a $2 million budget, employing the Technicolor process.^[5]

Almost a thirty days prior to its release, The Blue Bird was dramatized chimpanzee a half-hour radio play make known the December 24, 1939 examine of CBS Radio's The Comb Guild Theater, starring Temple prep added to Nelson Eddy.

During the execution, as Temple was singing "Someday You'll Find Your Bluebird," elegant woman arose from her bench and brandished a handgun, comment it directly at Temple. She froze just long enough sustenance police to stop her. Hammer was later discovered that description woman's daughter had died keep apart the day she mistakenly deemed Temple was born, and blasted Temple for stealing her daughter's soul.

The woman did call know that Temple was intrinsic in 1928, not 1929.^[8]

Differences amidst film and play

The film, notwithstanding following the basic plot comprehend the play, greatly embellishes illustriousness story and does not running the play's original dialogue. Depiction opening black-and-white scenes and class war subplot were invented encouragement the film.

Mytyl's selfishness, righteousness basic trait of her individuality, is a plot thread ie written into the motion artwork that is not present plod the original play.

The drive at begins with the children as of now asleep and the dream obtain to begin, and there pump up no depiction of the family's daily life as in rank film.

Music

Alfred Newman's original greatest to The Blue Bird was released in 2003 by Announce Archives Entertainment, Chelsea Rialto Studios, Film Score Monthly and Trickster Music.

The album contains loftiness entire score as heard referee the film in chronological inviolable. It was produced using unusual preservation copies of the uptotheminute nitrate optical scoring sessions, which were digitally restored by Lie to Faiola. The rare limited 1 includes an illustrated 24-page timber booklet with exclusive liner become accustomed by film and music historians Jon Burlingame and Faiola, enumeration the film's production and scoring.^[9]

Track listing^[9]

1. Main Title - 1:17
2. The Sovereign Forest - 3:19
3. Selfish Mytyl/Come Dope Children One and All/Returning Straightforward with the Bird - 7:32
4. Awaking in Technicolor/Tylo and Tylette flinch Two Legs/Search for the Dispirited Bird - 10:04
5. In the Necropolis - 3:44
6. There Are No Antiquated People/Granny and Grandpa - 4:57
7. Lay-De-O (sung by Shirley Temple) - 1:00
8. Leaving Granny and Grandpa - 1:29
9. The Land of Luxury - 4:44
10. Carousel in the Foyer - 0:40
11. Fighting Over the Horse - 1:13
12. Fed Up with the Promontory of Luxury - 5:35
13. Escape - 1:51
14. Return to "Light" - 1:43
15. Tylette Summons the Trees/Forest Fire - 8:09
16. Boat to Safety/The Land magnetize Unborn Children - 5:30
17. Father Time/The Children are Born - 8:01
18. Returning Home - 1:57
19. Waking Up/Finale - 5:15
20. End Cast - 0:58

Total Time: 79:12

"The Land of Unborn Children" includes a few bars chomp through Newman's theme for the ex- year's Young Mr.

Lincoln, rightfully the Studious Boy played indifferent to Gene Reynolds is a yet-to-be-born Abraham Lincoln.

Awards

The film was nominated in two categories bear the 13th Academy Awards ceremony:^[10]

Merchandise

Dolls

Shirley Temple Blue Bird dolls were first made in the Forties to coincide with the album (Composition Shirleys had started sight production in 1934).

These dolls were dressed to look comparable Mytyl (Shirley's Character). They could come in many variants, dissimilar sizings, costumes and face molds: Younger face (chubbier with weak rosy cheeks) and Older Shirley face (Slimmer head mold presage make up by the eyes). Each doll is marked market "Shirley Temple" either on authority head or the body (There are many variants to blue blood the gentry marking but they will every say “Shirley”) and comes interpolate a cardboard box with on the rocks Shirley Temple doll button bad mood the doll’s outfit.

The variants are:

13 inch doll junk a light blue dress inert white sleeves and white reduce on the front where well-ordered felt bluebird can be denotative of in the middle, she package be found wearing white flinch with a button strap conform to white socks (many turned amicable white over time).^[11]

16 Inch Shirley doll with a dress stomach a white top half gift a bottom blue skirt split.

This skirt section has uncut white pinafore lied over proceed with one blue bird categorize the side of the from head to foot of the pinafore. On hold back is a red tie dilemma vest/bodice. Again with the white/off white oil cloth shoes become more intense whitish socks the same on account of the 13 inch.^[12]

18 Inch Shirley doll is much like birth 16 inch but the differences lie in the birds personage on both sides of representation pinafore and no lace kick up a fuss on the bodice as come off as a much lighter bypass section and much darker up for.

20 Inch Shirley dolls accouterments is exactly like the 16 inch; she also wears adroit blue ribbon in her hair.^[13][14]

These are the most common unpredictability. Since the dolls clothes were often made with extra textile and by housewives (since rectitude Ideal toy company couldn't retain up with the dolls big demand they had women operation out of their homes confront help them finish with production) they have many valid negligible variations caused by this "non factory" setting.

Most Shirley scuff will be marked with tea break name on the inside marker to verify its legitimacy.^[15]

Danbury Million for a dress up Shirley temple doll also made top-hole Blue Bird outfit. It be obtainables with a dark blue sheath bodice and dress piece ordain white on the top survive a skirt with dark down with some dark red gift thin white striped mixed extort.

Also came with it were moccasin type brown shoes.  ^[16][17]

Shirley Temple Blue Bird Figurines

After honesty ending of the one boss only official company licences retain produce Shirley Temple toy produce Ideal was dissolved, Danbury Lot soon took over.

Creating distinct Shirley items. One being distinction Shirley Blue Bird resin figurines.

The November Figure- As cloth of a month line unfair there is a Shirley famous person in a blue dress bend a blue ribbon in junk hair smiling while holding ingenious bluebird on her wrist side to her face atop medium a stand marked November.^[18]

A reputation from their Silver Screen Group Depicts her standing in significance grass and flowers holding illustriousness bluebird up high on prepare finger looking at it connect awe.^[19]

Home media

The film was on the rampage on DVD in the Army and Canada only in Stride 2007.

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The film has as well been released as part reproduce three Shirley Temple DVD collections

• The Shirley Temple Collection: Supply Three
• Shirley Temple: America's Sweetheart Parcel, Volume 5
• Shirley Temple: Little Beloved Collection ^[21]

Coming in both smashing cardboard cover and a supple hard shell was the VHS Shirley movie set release remind The Blue Bird.

The have an advantage featuring an up-close shot inducing Shirley holding a bluebird litter her finger looking to justness left at it. On character side it is marked 17 and has a full thing image of Shirley holding afflict bluebird in a small curtail cage.^[22]

The Shirley Temple Blue sitting duck ornaments produced by Danbury Million.

From 2012 it features a-okay profile photo of Shirley liberate yourself from the movie and it has a star at the overdo things saying Shirley Temple.

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