The Blue Bird is a 1940 B & amp; W and Technicolor America directed by Walter Lang. Screenplay by Walter Bullock was adapted from a 1908 drama of the same name by Maurice Maeterlinck. Aimed at 20th Century Fox's answer to MGM The Wizard of Oz, released last year, was filmed on Technicolor and told the story of an unpleasant little girl (played by Shirley Temple) and she's looking for happiness.
Despite being a box office failing and losing money, the film was later nominated for two Academy Awards. It is available on VHS and DVD.
Video The Blue Bird (1940 film)
Plot
The setting was German during the Napoleonic Wars. Mytyl (Shirley Temple), a rogue and ungrateful woodcutter (Russell Hicks), finds a unique bird in the Royal Forest and selfishly refuses to give it to his ailing friend. Mother (Spring Byington) and Dad are scolded by Mytyl's behavior. That night, Dad was called to report for military duty the next morning. That same night, Mytyl was visited in a dream by a fairy named Berylune (Jessie Ralph) who sent her and her brother Tyltyl (Johnny Russell) to look for Blue Bird of Happiness. To accompany them, the fairy magically transforms their dog Tylo (Eddie Collins), Tylette cat (Gale Sondergaard), and lantern ("Light") into a human form. Children have a number of adventures: they visit the past (meet their dead grandparents who live because they are remembered), have a frightening adventure in the jungle, experience the luxury life, and see the future, the unborn child of children. The dream trip made Mytyl wake up as a better and softer girl who has learned to appreciate all the fun and excitement of her home and family. In the morning, Father received word that a ceasefire had been called and he did not have to go to war.
The film, although following the basic plot of the stage version, is very adorned, and does not really use the original dialog. Black-and-white scenes and war subplots were created for the film. Mytyl's selfishness, the nature of his personality, is a storyline written specifically into the film. It's not in the original game.
Drama begins with children already falling asleep and dreams will begin; there is no depiction of everyday family life, as it was in the 1940s film.
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Cast
- Shirley Temple as Mytyl
- Spring Byington as Mummy Tyl
- Nigel Bruce as Luxury Master
- Gale Sondergaard as Tylette (cat)
- Eddie Collins as Tylo (dog)
- Sybil Jason as Angela Berlingot
- Helen Ericson as Light
- Johnny Russell as Tyltyl
- Laura Hope Crews as Mrs. Luxury
- Russell Hicks as Daddy Tyl
- Cecilia Loftus as Granny Tyl
- Al Shean as Grandfather Tyl
- Leona Roberts as Mrs. Berlingyl
- Gene Reynolds as Studious Boy
- Stanley Andrews as Wilhelm
- Alice Armand as Willow's Cry
- Sterling Holloway as Wild Plum
- Thurston Hall as Father's Day
- Frank Dawson as Roller Dialer
- Edwin Maxwell as Oak
Caryll Ann Ekelund is four years old (credited as Caryll N. Ekelund), appearing as an unborn child in the film. On Halloween 1939, Ekelund's costumes burned fire from a burning jack-o-lantern. He died of burns a few days later and was buried in his costume from the film. Ekelund comes from a show business family, and his sister is actress Jana Lund.
Production
Twentieth Century-Fox makes this movie the answer to MGM The Wizard of Oz . There is a myth that Shirley Temple will be cast in Oz; But this is largely untrue. He is considered, but only briefly. The executives at MGM want Shirley because he is a success in the box office. Arthur Freed, a producer not identified in Oz, wants the role to go to the young star, Judy Garland. When the producers listen to Shirley, they are not impressed with his vocal talent, and even if they are ready to offer the role, Fox refuses to lend it. When Oz succeeded, and shot Judy Garland famous, Fox decided to create their own fantasy feature using Shirley Temple. They chose the fantasy game by Maurice Maeterlinck.
In the The Wizard of Oz , the opening scene is black and white, even though the opening is colored. However, sepia colors are not used. But unlike Oz , once the movie turns into full color it stays that way for the rest of the time.
When writing scenarios, it was decided to portray Temple's role to a much younger Johnny Russell, when Zanuck felt that in casting a boy the same age as Temple, he had to be mentally incompetent to allow a girl to take the lead. away from him and Zanuck decided to drop some characters in original stories such as Bread, Water, Fire, Milk, Sugar, and Night, because he wanted his story to focus more on himself as a movie star. The tension between the Temple and Zanuck reached a boiling point during the writing phase, when Temple's mother objected first because the characterization of Temple was too good, and then worried about a manuscript not quite focused on the Temple. Things came to the head when Zanuck threatened the suspension. After consulting their lawyer, The Temples decided to continue the film as planned.
The Blue Bird is Shirley Temple's first floppy box-office in six years as a child star. The audience disliked Shirley's idea as an evil character who needed to learn the lesson. While many Temple movies show his character behaves badly in various ways, this is the only thing that shows that he is really punished. At the beginning of the film, her charms got her a reprimand from her mother.
Nearly a month before the film's release, The Blue Bird was dramatized as a half hour radio play on December 24, 1939, broadcasting The Screen Guild Theater, starring Shirley Temple and Nelson Eddy. It was during this radio show that a woman who craved to make efforts on Temple life. While Temple was singing, "Someday You'll Find Your Bluebird," the woman got up from her seat and pulled out a gun, pointing directly at her. The woman froze long enough for the police to approach her. Later it was discovered that the woman had lost a child that day openly declared that Temple was born, and she blamed Shirley for stealing her daughter's soul. She did not know that Temple was born in 1928, not 1929.
Soundtrack
Alfred Newman's original score for The Blue Bird was released in 2003 by Screen Archives Entertainment, Chelsea's Rialto Studios and Fox Music. This album contains all the scores as heard in the movie in chronological order. It was produced using rare preservation copies of the original nitrate optical assessment session that was digitally restored by Ray Faiola. This rare limited edition includes colorful 24-page colorful books with extensive and exclusive liner notes by movie and music historians Jon Burlingame and Ray Faiola.
Track list
- Main Titles - 1:17
- The Royal Forest - 3:19
- Selfish Mytyl/Come O Children One And All/Back Home With The Bird - 7:32
- Built In Technicolor/Tylo And Tylette On Two Legs/Searching For The Blue Bird - 10:04
- At The Graveyard - 3:44
- No Dead/Grandmother And Grandpa - 4:57
- Lay-De-O (sung by Shirley Temple) - 1:00
- Leaving Granny And Grandpa - 1:29
- Luxury Land - 4:44
- Carousel In Foyer -Ã,: 40
- Fighting Over The Horse - 1:13
- Flush With Luxury Land - 5:35
- Escape - 1:51
- Go back to "Light" - 1:43
- Tylette Calling Trees/Forest Fire - 8:09
- Boats For The Land/Safety of Unborn Child - 5:30
- Father/Child Time Born - 8:01
- Back to Home - 1:57
- Wake/Finale - 5:15
- End Pemeran-: 58
Total Time: 79:12
Awards
The film was nominated for two Academy Awards at the 13th Academy Awards ceremony:
- Academy Award for Best Cinematography - (Arthur Miller, Ray Rennahan)
- Academy Award for Best Visual Effects - (Fred Sersen (photo), Edmund H. Hansen (voice))
See also
- List of American films in 1940
- Shirley Temple Filmography
References
Winder, Robert (1992) [1978], The Movie of Shirley Temple, Carol Publishing Group, p. Ã,208-211External links
- Blue Bird on IMDb
- Blue Bird at AllMovie
- Blue Bird in the TCM Movie Database
- Blue Bird in the American Film Movie Catalog
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