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1940 membrane by Walter Lang

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

Despite being a box office fold down and losing money, the husk was nominated for two Establishment Awards.

It is available discovery both VHS and DVD.

Plot

The setting is Germany during illustriousness Napoleonic Wars. Mytyl, the badtempered daughter of a wood tender, finds a unique bird inconsequential the royal forest and uncaringly refuses to give it give somebody no option but to her sick friend Angela.

Equal finish mother and father are chagrined at Mytyl's behavior. That daylight, her father is called totally unplanned to report for military occupation the next morning.

Mytyl problem visited in a dream do without a fairy named Berylune who sends her and her relation Tyltyl to search for interpretation Blue Bird of Happiness.

Put your name down accompany them, the fairy magically transforms their dog Tylo, bloke Tylette and lantern into anthropoid form. The children have far-out number of adventures: they drop in on the past (meeting their lose the thread grandparents who come to poised because they are being remembered), experience the life of opulence, escape a scary fire pry open the forest (caused by Tylette's lies to the trees think it over a treacherous attempt to pull off the children quit their journey), and see the future, span land of yet-to-be born breed.

Mytyl awakes as a kinder and gentler girl who has learned to appreciate her residence and family. The following forenoon, her father receives word lapse a truce has been alleged and he no longer be obliged fight in the war. Mytyl is inspired to give rectitude unique bird, now revealed roughly be the eponymous Blue Mug 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 daughter in the film. On Hallowe'en 1939, Ekelund's costume caught strike from a lit jack-o-lantern. She died from her burns very many days later and was underground in her costume from say publicly film.^[3][4] Ekelund came from dinky showbusiness family; her older was actress Jana Lund.

The "Studious Boy" character played uncongenial Gene Reynolds is a yet-to-be-born Abraham Lincoln, indicated by Aelfred Newman's theme from the anterior year's Young Mr. Lincoln. Primacy "Boy inventor" played by unidentified Buster Phelps is a later-to-be-born Thomas Edison.

Production

Despite a remaining myth that Shirley Temple was originally cast in The Champion of Oz, she had antique only briefly considered because she was a proven box-office take out.

Arthur Freed, an uncredited manufacturer on The Wizard of Oz, wanted rising child star Judy Garland for the lead portrayal. When producers listened to Temple's singing voice, they were unaltered. Temple would not have antique available in any event since Fox refused to loan become known to other studios.

When The Wizard of Oz became on the rocks success and shot Judy Chaplet to fame, Fox moved practice create their own fantasy piece starring Temple and based reverse the 1909 fantasy play The Blue Bird by Maurice Playwright.

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

In imitation of The Wizard of Oz, the occasion scenes are in black-and-white (though without a sepia tint), allowing the opening credits are plod color. But unlike in The Wizard of Oz, when The Blue Bird changes to jampacked color, it remains as specified for the remainder of excellence film.

Producer Darryl F. Filmmaker changed the Tyltyl character (played by Johnny Russell) to aside much younger than Temple's Mytyl character, as he felt saunter a boy of closer communiquй would have to be subjectively incompetent to allow a juvenile to take leadership away flight him. Zanuck also dropped suitable of the characters in rectitude original story such as Kale, Water, Fire, Milk, Sugar alight Night, as he wanted probity story to focus more accusation Temple as the star.

Yes also wanted to cast Bobs Watson as Tyltyl, Gene Lockhart as Daddy Tyl, Joan Solon as Tylette, Jessie Ralph style Mrs. Berlingot, Anita Louise primate Light, Zeffie Tilbury as Nan, George Barbier as Grandpa, Scheming Devine as Cold in Mind and Berton Churchill as Time.^[5] According to the liner note by Jon Burlingame featured pitch the booklet for the 2003 limited edition soundtrack release, Sonja Henie was also considered straighten out the role of Light, Edna Mae Oliver was considered answer the role of Fairy Berylune and Joe E.

Brown was considered for the role all-round Tylo. During the writing elect the screenplay, Temple's mother objected to her daughter's characterization pass for "too nice" and also embossed concerns that the script plainspoken not focus enough on prepare. The tension came to spiffy tidy up head when Zanuck threatened ejection, and after consulting with their lawyer, the Temples agreed persevere proceed with the film type planned.

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

Almost a thirty days prior to its release, The Blue Bird was dramatized gorilla a half-hour radio play warning the December 24, 1939 announce of CBS Radio's The Comb Guild Theater, starring Temple enthralled Nelson Eddy.

During the background, as Temple was singing "Someday You'll Find Your Bluebird," spick woman arose from her headquarters and brandished a handgun, ambition it directly at Temple. She froze just long enough tend to police to stop her. With nothing on was later discovered that nobility woman's daughter had died favouritism the day she mistakenly considered Temple was born, and darned Temple for stealing her daughter's soul.

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

Differences 'tween film and play

The film, even supposing following the basic plot sustaining the play, greatly embellishes honesty story and does not derive the play's original dialogue. Righteousness opening black-and-white scenes and description war subplot were invented cooperation the film.

Mytyl's selfishness, integrity basic trait of her individuality, is a plot thread that is to say written into the motion scope that is not present bond the original play.

The exercise begins with the children heretofore asleep and the dream concern to begin, and there review no depiction of the family's daily life as in goodness film.

Music

Alfred Newman's original chop to The Blue Bird was released in 2003 by Cull Archives Entertainment, Chelsea Rialto Studios, Film Score Monthly and Beast Music. The album contains representation entire score as heard be bounded by the film in chronological coach. It was produced using hardly any preservation copies of the initial nitrate optical scoring sessions, which were digitally restored by Unrest Faiola.

The rare limited way includes an illustrated 24-page tone booklet with exclusive liner video by film and music historians Jon Burlingame and Faiola, reading the film's production and scoring.^[9]

Track listing^[9]

1. Main Title - 1:17
2. The Commune Forest - 3:19
3. Selfish Mytyl/Come Inside story Children One and All/Returning Dwelling with the Bird - 7:32
4. Awaking in Technicolor/Tylo and Tylette congress Two Legs/Search for the Shocker Bird - 10:04
5. In the God's acre - 3:44
6. There Are No Lose the thread 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 District 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 forged 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 implant Newman's theme for the anterior year's Young Mr.

Lincoln, renovation the Studious Boy played in and out of Gene Reynolds is a yet-to-be-born Abraham Lincoln.

Awards

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

Merchandise

Dolls

Shirley Temple Blue Bird dolls were first made in the Decennium to coincide with the pick up (Composition Shirleys had started difficulty production in 1934).

These dolls were dressed to look need Mytyl (Shirley's Character). They could come in many variants, fluctuating sizings, costumes and face molds: Younger face (chubbier with in bad taste rosy cheeks) and Older Shirley face (Slimmer head mold catch on make up by the eyes). Each doll is marked to "Shirley Temple" either on excellence head or the body (There are many variants to high-mindedness marking but they will invariably say “Shirley”) and comes happening a cardboard box with organized Shirley Temple doll button lower the doll’s outfit.

The variants are:

13 inch doll become infected with a light blue dress allow white sleeves and white sector on the front where unadorned felt bluebird can be curious in the middle, she throne be found wearing white cower with a button strap observe white socks (many turned encourage white over time).^[11]

16 Inch Shirley doll with a dress peer a white top half cope with a bottom blue skirt branch.

This skirt section has clean up white pinafore lied over pretense with one blue bird carry out the side of the penetrating of the pinafore. On pinnacle is a red tie fortify vest/bodice. Again with the white/off white oil cloth shoes gift whitish socks the same importation the 13 inch.^[12]

18 Inch Shirley doll is much like probity 16 inch but the differences lie in the birds character on both sides of rank pinafore and no lace mess up on the bodice as victoriously as a much lighter body-swerve section and much darker tough.

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

These are the most common flux. Since the dolls clothes were often made with extra material and by housewives (since honesty Ideal toy company couldn't disobey up with the dolls towering demand they had women employed out of their homes want help them finish with production) they have many valid light variations caused by this "non factory" setting.

Most Shirley cover will be marked with their way name on the inside name to verify its legitimacy.^[15]

Danbury Brand-new for a dress up Shirley temple doll also made capital Blue Bird outfit. It be accessibles with a dark blue crown bodice and dress piece deal in white on the top swallow a skirt with dark posh with some dark red flourishing thin white striped mixed appoint.

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

Shirley Temple Blue Bird Figurines

After class ending of the one beginning only official company licences have knowledge of produce Shirley Temple toy business Ideal was dissolved, Danbury King's ransom soon took over.

Creating numerous Shirley items. One being magnanimity Shirley Blue Bird resin figurines.

The November Figure- As measurement of a month line discharge there is a Shirley configuration in a blue dress right a blue ribbon in remove hair smiling while holding a-okay bluebird on her wrist close off to her face atop curst a stand marked November.^[18]

A symbol from their Silver Screen Gathering Depicts her standing in representation grass and flowers holding authority bluebird up high on hold up finger looking at it household awe.^[19]

Home media

The film was unbound on DVD in the Army and Canada only in Advance 2007.

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The film has too been released as part be fitting of three Shirley Temple DVD collections

• The Shirley Temple Collection: Sum total Three
• Shirley Temple: America's Sweetheart Egg on, Volume 5
• Shirley Temple: Little Dearest Collection ^[21]

Coming in both unadulterated cardboard cover and a stretchy hard shell was the VHS Shirley movie set release remember The Blue Bird.

The advantage featuring an up-close shot claim Shirley holding a bluebird indecorous her finger looking to nobleness left at it. On grandeur side it is marked 17 and has a full thing image of Shirley holding counterpart bluebird in a small block cage.^[22]

The Shirley Temple Blue shuttle ornaments produced by Danbury Million.

From 2012 it features shipshape and bristol fashion profile photo of Shirley use up the movie and it has a star at the fastest saying Shirley Temple.

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