The Blue Bird (1940) On DVD

Actor:         Shirley Temple, Spring Byington, Nigel Bruce, Gale Sondergaard, Eddie Collins
Director:     Walter Lang
Genre:        Family
Year:          1940
Studio:       Fox Searchlight
Length:       88
Released:   March 27, 2007
Rating:        General Audiences (MPAA Rating)
Format:       DVD
Misc:           Black & White
Language:  English, French, Spanish
Subtitles  :  Spanish

DESCRIPTION:

Visually beautiful, full of imaginative sets, and splendidly photographed in rich Technicolor, this enchanting fantasy was Twentieth Century Fox's answer to "The Wizard of Oz". In a rare departure from her usual screen persona, Shirley plays a selfish, spoiled little girl named Mytyl, who doesn't appreciate her loving family. Only after a good fairy sends her and her brother (Johnny Russell) on a journey to find "the bird that means happiness" does she end up discovering happiness right in her own home.