Blue bird movie shirley temple

Rather heavy going for its intended family audience, the blue bird proved to be shirley temples biggest flop, and a subsequent 1976 ussoviet version starring elizabeth taylor fared no better at. Shirley temple visits the premortal spirit world youtube. While many of temples films show her character misbehaving in various ways, this is the only one to show her being truly punished. A poignant story of a selfish young german girls search for happiness, blue bird is a classic shirley temple film with a storybook hansel and gretel feel. The blue bird 1940 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. This restored and remastered 1940 film opens with a purposely grainy, black and white world that reinforces mytyls shirley temple ill. I also grew up watching shirley temple on saturdays on kplr my mom was a huge shirley temple fan. Audiences disliked the idea of shirley as a nasty character needing to learn a lesson. Shirley temple in the blue bird we are movie geeks.

This restored and remastered 1940 film opens with a purposely grainy, black and white world that reinforces mytyls shirley temple illhumored attitude toward life. With shirley temple, spring byington, nigel bruce, gale sondergaard. I felt compelled to comment because i am watching blue bird right now and was looking up commentary on the picture as allegory when i found me this post and because it is the most memorable st film to me also. Shirley temple in the blue bird 1940 nigel bruce in the blue bird 1940 caryll ann. Our kids just love shirley temple movies, so we recently got the blue bird for them. Based on the play by maurice maeterlinck, the story recounts one sad and angry little girl, mytyl shirley temple who journeys with her brother tyltyl johnny russell to find the bluebird of happiness. The blue bird was shirley temples first boxoffice flop in her six years as a child star. Shirley temple the blue bird 1940 mytyl finds true happiness. The blue bird 1940 adventure, comedy, family, fantasy. When i was little i came across the 1940 shirley temple movie the blue bird several times on television.