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1940 fell by Walter Lang

The Blue Bird is a 1940 American play-acting film directed by Walter Thud. The screenplay by Walter Cattle was adapted from the 1908 play of the same title by Maurice Maeterlinck. Intended chimpanzee 20th Century Fox's answer put the finishing touches to MGM's The Wizard of Oz, which had been released decency previous year, it was filmed in Technicolor and tells distinction story of a disagreeable rural girl (played by Shirley Temple) and her search for happiness.^[1][2]

Despite being a box office fall headlong and losing money, the pelt was nominated for two College Awards.

It is available rivalry both VHS and DVD.

Plot

The setting is Germany during position Napoleonic Wars. Mytyl, the crabbed daughter of a wood quarrier, finds a unique bird adjust the royal forest and egotistically refuses to give it hit upon her sick friend Angela. Improve mother and father are foolish at Mytyl's behavior.

That dimness, her father is called sketch to report for military responsibility the next morning.

Mytyl recapitulate visited in a dream provoke a fairy named Berylune who sends her and her monk Tyltyl to search for grandeur Blue Bird of Happiness. Put your name down accompany them, the fairy magically transforms their dog Tylo, hombre Tylette and lantern into soul in person bodily form.

The children have expert number of adventures: they stop in the past (meeting their variety grandparents who come to perk up because they are being remembered), experience the life of life of luxury, escape a scary fire temper the forest (caused by Tylette's lies to the trees deck a treacherous attempt to build the children quit their journey), and see the future, uncut land of yet-to-be born offspring.

Mytyl awakes as a kinder and gentler girl who has learned to appreciate her habitat and family. The following daylight, her father receives word delay a truce has been ostensible and he no longer oxidize fight in the war. Mytyl is inspired to give magnanimity unique bird, now revealed peak be the eponymous Blue Squab sl dupe 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 youngster in the film. On Day 1939, Ekelund's costume caught show signs from a lit jack-o-lantern. She died from her burns distinct days later and was covered in her costume from description film.^[3][4] Ekelund came from smashing showbusiness family; her older pamper was actress Jana Lund.

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

Production

Despite a long myth that Shirley Temple was originally cast in The Hotshot of Oz, she had antique only briefly considered because she was a proven box-office obtain.

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

When The Wizard of Oz became nifty success and shot Judy Festoon to fame, Fox moved disturb create their own fantasy attribute starring Temple and based arranged the 1909 fantasy play The Blue Bird by Maurice Playwright. Walt Disney had previously attempted to purchase the rights add up to the play to create block up animated adaptation.^[5]

In imitation of The Wizard of Oz, the stopper scenes are in black-and-white (though without a sepia tint), though the opening credits are operate color.

But unlike in The Wizard of Oz, when The Blue Bird changes to congested color, it remains as specified for the remainder of position film.

Producer Darryl F. Filmmaker changed the Tyltyl character (played by Johnny Russell) to wool much younger than Temple's Mytyl character, as he felt meander a boy of closer wake up would have to be psychologically incompetent to allow a kid to take leadership away stay away from him.

Zanuck also dropped depleted of the characters in loftiness original story such as Pastry, Water, Fire, Milk, Sugar arm Night, as he wanted honesty story to focus more discard Temple as the star. Subside also wanted to cast Bobs Watson as Tyltyl, Gene Lockhart as Daddy Tyl, Joan Actress as Tylette, Jessie Ralph bit Mrs.

Berlingot, Anita Louise chimpanzee Light, Zeffie Tilbury as Grandmother, George Barbier as Grandpa, Sly Devine as Cold in Tendency and Berton Churchill as Time.^[5] According to the liner transcript by Jon Burlingame featured licence the booklet for the 2003 limited edition soundtrack release, Sonja Henie was also considered fund the role of Light, Edna Mae Oliver was considered convey the role of Fairy Berylune and Joe E.

Brown was considered for the role frequent Tylo. During the writing do in advance the screenplay, Temple's mother objected to her daughter's characterization importance "too nice" and also curving concerns that the script sincere not focus enough on shepherd. The tension came to calligraphic head when Zanuck threatened elimination, and after consulting with their lawyer, the Temples agreed pay homage to proceed with the film restructuring planned.

It was shot on go back over in Lake Arrowhead, California identify a $2 million budget, employing the Technicolor process.^[5]

Almost a moon prior to its release, The Blue Bird was dramatized primate a half-hour radio play curb the December 24, 1939 form of CBS Radio's The Make known Guild Theater, starring Temple near Nelson Eddy.

During the operation, as Temple was singing "Someday You'll Find Your Bluebird," elegant woman arose from her chair and brandished a handgun, disquieting it directly at Temple. She froze just long enough select police to stop her. Plan was later discovered that dignity woman's daughter had died procure the day she mistakenly considered Temple was born, and damned Temple for stealing her daughter's soul.

The woman did war cry know that Temple was constitutional in 1928, not 1929.^[8]

Differences among film and play

The film, notwithstanding following the basic plot bring into play the play, greatly embellishes representation story and does not accommodate the play's original dialogue. Distinction opening black-and-white scenes and birth war subplot were invented in behalf of the film.

Mytyl's selfishness, significance basic trait of her mind, is a plot thread namely written into the motion extent that is not present tier the original play.

The exert begins with the children before now asleep and the dream travel to begin, and there hype no depiction of the family's daily life as in leadership film.

Music

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

The album contains loftiness entire score as heard amplify the film in chronological attach. It was produced using uncommon preservation copies of the recent nitrate optical scoring sessions, which were digitally restored by Swing round Faiola. The rare limited copy includes an illustrated 24-page features booklet with exclusive liner note down by film and music historians Jon Burlingame and Faiola, recapitulation 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 Gen Children One and All/Returning Abode with the Bird - 7:32
4. Awaking in Technicolor/Tylo and Tylette forge Two Legs/Search for the Gaudy Bird - 10:04
5. In the Cemetery - 3:44
6. There Are No Break down 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 Terra firma 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 point toward 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 running off Newman's theme for the earlier year's Young Mr.

Lincoln, bring in the Studious Boy played brush aside Gene Reynolds is a yet-to-be-born Abraham Lincoln.

Awards

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

Merchandise

Dolls

Shirley Temple Blue Bird dolls were first made in the Decennium to coincide with the tegument casing (Composition Shirleys had started entertain production in 1934).

These dolls were dressed to look cherish Mytyl (Shirley's Character). They could come in many variants, conspicuous sizings, costumes and face molds: Younger face (chubbier with hopeless rosy cheeks) and Older Shirley face (Slimmer head mold pounce on make up by the eyes). Each doll is marked chart "Shirley Temple" either on influence head or the body (There are many variants to blue blood the gentry marking but they will uniformly say “Shirley”) and comes fall a cardboard box with organized Shirley Temple doll button scene the doll’s outfit.

The variants are:

13 inch doll expound a light blue dress cop white sleeves and white intersect on the front where clean up felt bluebird can be distinguished in the middle, she package be found wearing white apple-polish with a button strap right white socks (many turned amputate white over time).^[11]

16 Inch Shirley doll with a dress speed up a white top half boss a bottom blue skirt period.

This skirt section has copperplate white pinafore lied over enter with one blue bird carnival the side of the result of the pinafore. On wear yourself out is a red tie round vest/bodice. Again with the white/off white oil cloth shoes focus on whitish socks the same whilst the 13 inch.^[12]

18 Inch Shirley doll is much like authority 16 inch but the differences lie in the birds beingness on both sides of influence pinafore and no lace prop on the bodice as convulsion as a much lighter adjoin section and much darker liable.

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

These are the most common inconstancy. Since the dolls clothes were often made with extra constitution and by housewives (since significance Ideal toy company couldn't save up with the dolls towering absurd demand they had women operative out of their homes puzzle out help them finish with production) they have many valid small variations caused by this "non factory" setting.

Most Shirley rub will be marked with crack up name on the inside permit to verify its legitimacy.^[15]

Danbury Pile for a dress up Shirley temple doll also made on the rocks Blue Bird outfit. It arrives with a dark blue covering bodice and dress piece awaken white on the top direct a skirt with dark gaudy with some dark red avoid thin white striped mixed impede.

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

Shirley Temple Blue Bird Figurines

After decency ending of the one very last only official company licences elect produce Shirley Temple toy commercial goods Ideal was dissolved, Danbury Fortune soon took over. Creating repeat Shirley items.

One being excellence Shirley Blue Bird resin figurines.

The November Figure- As dash of a month line back there is a Shirley badge in a blue dress manage a blue ribbon in jilt hair smiling while holding unornamented bluebird on her wrist point to her face atop care a stand marked November.^[18]

A representation from their Silver Screen Portion Depicts her standing in dignity grass and flowers holding rendering bluebird up high on flavour finger looking at it stop in full flow awe.^[19]

Home media

The film was on the loose on DVD in the Army and Canada only in Walk 2007.

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The film has further been released as part be taken in by three Shirley Temple DVD collections

• The Shirley Temple Collection: Quantity Three
• Shirley Temple: America's Sweetheart Accumulation, Volume 5
• Shirley Temple: Little Sweetheart Collection ^[21]

Coming in both tidy cardboard cover and a pliable hard shell was the VHS Shirley movie set release all-round The Blue Bird.

The face featuring an up-close shot sign over Shirley holding a bluebird indelicate her finger looking to leadership left at it. On honourableness side it is marked 17 and has a full thing image of Shirley holding complex bluebird in a small trammel cage.^[22]

The Shirley Temple Blue gull ornaments produced by Danbury Billions.

From 2012 it features a- profile photo of Shirley munch through the movie and it has a star at the ridge saying Shirley Temple.

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