Release Date: Jan 19, 1940 Wide
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When Darryl F. Zanuck's arrangement to loan Shirley Temple to MGM as star of The Wizard of Oz fell through, Zanuck hastily assembled a lavish Technicolor vehicle for his diminutive star which, he hoped, would match Wizard in popularity and appeal. The result was The Blue Bird, adapted from the allegorical stage play by Maurice Maeterlinck (previously filmed by director Maurice Tourneur in 1918). In emulation of The Wizard of Oz, The Blue Bird was bookended with black-and-white sequences,
G, 1 hr. 38 min.
Action & Adventure, Kids & Family, Classics, Science Fiction & Fantasy
Jan 19, 1940 Wide
Mar 27, 2007
Twentieth Century Fox
All Critics (5) | Top Critics (1) | Fresh (2) | Rotten (1)
Colorful, but failed attempt to emulate fantasy world of "Wizard of Oz," starring Shirley Temple.
The 20th Century Fox "answer" to "The Wizard of Oz", which was released the year after that film, is an odd little Shirley Temple vehicle. The story centers around two children and recalls the weird germanic fairy tales and eastern european folk stories of long ago. Mytyl (Temple) and her brother Tyltyl catch a bird
January 7, 2011Super Reviewer
Borderline ghoulish fantasy. A huge flop in its day, Shirley's first, and its easy to see why the film is loaded with references to death and dying, it was supposed to be Fox's answer to The Wizard of Oz but there's no way this morbid entry could every approach that classic.
July 2, 2009
Super Reviewer
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