The Blue Bird (1918)
75 min
Peasant children Mytyl and Tyltyl are led on a magical quest for the fabulous Blue Bird of Happiness by the fairy Berylune. On their journey, they're accompanied by the anthropomorphized presences of a Dog, a Cat, Light, Fire, and Bread, among other entities.
- Release date
- March 31, 1918
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- Tula Belle as Mytyl
- Robin Macdougall as Tyltyl
- Edwin E. Reed as Daddy Tyl
- Emma Lowry as Mummy Tyl
- William J. Gross as Grandpa Gaffer Tyl
- Florence Anderson as Granny Tyl
- Edward Elkas as Widow Berlingot
- Katherine Bianchi as Widow Berlingot's Daughter
- Lillian Cook as Fairy Berylune
- Gertrude McCoy as Light
Crew
- Maurice Tourneur · Director
- Maurice Maeterlinck · Writer
- Charles Maigne · Writer
- Edward Falck · Composer
- Hugo Riesenfeld · Composer
- John van den Broek · Cinematographer
- Clarence Brown · Editor
- Ben Carré · Production designer