The Blue Bird (1940 film) Quotes

The Blue Bird (1940 film) is a television program that first aired in 1970 . The Blue Bird ended its run in 1970.

It features Darryl F. Zanuck as producer, Alfred Newman (composer) in charge of musical score, and Arthur C. Miller as head of cinematography.

The Blue Bird (1940 film) is recorded in English and originally aired in United States. Each episode of The Blue Bird (1940 film) is 88 minutes long. The Blue Bird (1940 film) is distributed by 20th Century Fox.

The cast includes: Diane Fisher as Little Girl, Johnny Russell as Tyltyl, Shirley Temple as Mytyl, Spring Byington as Mummy Tyl, Russell Hicks as Daddy Tyl, Leona Roberts as Mrs. Berlingot, Sybil Jason as Angela Berlingot, Ann Todd as Little Sister, Jessie Ralph as Fairy Berylune, Gale Sondergaard as Tylette, Eddie Collins as Tylo, [url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0259148/]Gordon Avil[/url] as Light, Cecilia Loftus as Granny Tyl, Al Shean as Grandpa Tyl, Laura Hope Crews as Mrs. Luxury, Nigel Bruce as Mr. Luxury, Herbert Evans as Footman, and Edwin Maxwell as Oak.

The Blue Bird (1940 film) Quotes

Edwin Maxwell as Oak

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Shirley Temple as Mytyl

• (Shirley Temple) "Lightning struck, and the whole forest went up in flames."
• ([url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0259148/]Gordon Avil[/url]) "Lightning and Fire are my stepbrothers. They're very wicked."
• (Shirley Temple) "We nearly got burned up."
• (Johnny Russell) "Tylette did get burned up."
• (Eddie Collins) "She got what she deserved."
• (Shirley Temple) "Don't say that, Tylo. Poor Tylette."
• ([url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0259148/]Gordon Avil[/url]) "There, there, dear. Don't be unhappy. What about the blue bird?"
• (Shirley Temple) "We didn't see one, not one. We didn't have time to look."
• (Eddie Collins) "If you ask me, there is no such bird."
• (Shirley Temple) "Oh, there is, Tylo. There must be."
• ([url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0259148/]Gordon Avil[/url]) "You haven't looked everywhere. The blue bird may be in the Future."

• (Shirley Temple) "Mummy, I'm sorry for the way I behaved at supper."
• (Spring Byington) "That's what you always say, Mytyl, that you're sorry. But the next day you do the same thing right over again."
• (Shirley Temple) "I know I do, and I don't know why."
• (Spring Byington) "Well, you must find out why. Otherwise you'll always be unhappy and discontent. You don't want that, do you? You want to be happy, don't you?"
• (Shirley Temple) "Yes, Mummy. Like you. You're happy all the time, aren't you?"
• (Spring Byington) "Nearly all the time, dear."
• (Shirley Temple) "Don't worry, Mummy. Daddy will be back."

• (Shirley Temple) "Can she talk, too?"
• (Gale Sondergaard) "Well, naturally. If the dog can."
• (Shirley Temple) "Oh, Tylette, I'm so glad. We've got to find the blue bird."
• (Gale Sondergaard) "The blue bird?"
• (Eddie Collins) "I'll come. I'll help you."
• (Gale Sondergaard) "You'll come too, won't you, Tylette?"
• (Gale Sondergaard) "Why not? It might be amusing."
• (Eddie Collins) "I don't like the way she said that."
• (Shirley Temple) "Why, Tylo."
• (Eddie Collins) "We shouldn't take Tylette along. She's treacherous."

• (Shirley Temple) "Nobody here is kind. Not really kind. Not like Mommy and Daddy. I wouldn't trade them for all the Mr. and Mrs. Luxuries in the world."
• (Eddie Collins) "Even if they are poor."
• (Shirley Temple) "Mommy and Daddy aren't poor. They just haven't any money. There's a difference."
• (Eddie Collins) "Let's say we get out of here. Where's Tyltyl?"
• (Shirley Temple) "I don't know. We're not speaking."
• (Eddie Collins) "What? Not speaking? What's this place doing to us all? We've got to get out of here."

• (Shirley Temple) "Mommy?"
• (Spring Byington) "What is it, Mytyl?"
• (Shirley Temple) "Why do we have to be so poor all the time?"
• (Spring Byington) "Poor? Us?"
• (Shirley Temple) "Well, we are. We can't even have a party for Christmas."
• (Russell Hicks) "You have a roof over your head, haven't you? And warm clothes."
• (Shirley Temple) "These old things?"
• (Russell Hicks) "And plenty to eat."
• (Shirley Temple) "Nothing I like, nothing good. Not like those rich children have -- Cakes, candies, dolls to play with, pretty dresses; everything -- I have nothing."
• (Spring Byington) "That's not true, dear. You have lots of things."
• (Shirley Temple) "What?"
• (Spring Byington) "You have a father who works for you."
• (Russell Hicks) "And a mother who cooks and cleans and mends."
• (Shirley Temple) "What's that? What other people has to much more? Big houses, servants, carriages to drive in -- and look at us. Look at this old place."
• (Spring Byington) "Stop it, Mytyl. Stop it, at once. You ought to be ashamed of yourself."
• (Shirley Temple) "I'm not ashamed, I hate it. I hate it all."
• (Russell Hicks) "Be quiet."
• (Spring Byington) "One more word for you, you'll go straight to bed. You're ungrateful child."
• (Shirley Temple) "I don't care."
• (Spring Byington) "Thoughtless, thankless."
• (Shirley Temple) "I'm so unhappy."
• (Spring Byington) "Well, of course you're unhappy. If you don't mend your ways, you'll never be happy. Never."

Jessie Ralph as Fairy Berylune

• (Jessie Ralph) "What silly children you are not to know this lady. You've seen her hundreds of times. This is Light. Light, may I present Mytyl and Tyltyl."
• (Shirley Temple) "How do you do, Light?"
• (Johnny Russell) "How do you do?"
• ([url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0259148/]Gordon Avil[/url]) "There's no need to be formal. We're old friends. Where would you like to go? I shall be your guide."
• (Shirley Temple) "We're not sure where to go."
• (Jessie Ralph) "Why don't you use your head? Hasn't it occurred to you that the blue bird might be hiding in the Past?"
• (Shirley Temple) "But where is the Past? Do you know the way?"
• ([url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0259148/]Gordon Avil[/url]) "Why, of course. The Past is right behind us."

Gale Sondergaard as Tylette

• (Gale Sondergaard) "Why don't you go to the Land of Luxury? There's plenty to eat there. Everything you could think of."
• (Shirley Temple) "Do you think we'd find the blue bird there?"
• ([url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0259148/]Gordon Avil[/url]) "No, dear. I don't."
• (Gale Sondergaard) "Why not? They'll have everything they want there. Where would be a better place to look for the blue bird?"
• (Shirley Temple) "We might find the blue bird there."
• ([url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0259148/]Gordon Avil[/url]) "Very well. Go there if you want."
• (Shirley Temple) "How do we get to the Land of Luxury?"
• (Gale Sondergaard) "It's very easy. We take the first side road."
• (Shirley Temple) "Will you be waiting for us?"
• ([url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0259148/]Gordon Avil[/url]) "Yes, dear, just beyond. But don't stay too long. It's never wise to spend too much time in the Land of Luxury."

• (Gale Sondergaard) "I know we've never been friends, but now we've got to work together. We can't allow the children to go through with this."
• (Eddie Collins) "Why not? Why can't we?"
• (Gale Sondergaard) "Don't you see? We're free now. If they succeed and find the blue bird, we'll have to go back to what we were. Animals. Dumb slaves to man."
• (Eddie Collins) "That's the way I like it. Man is the master, and we must obey him."
• (Gale Sondergaard) "I always knew you were a fool."
• (Eddie Collins) "If they want to look for a blue bird or a pink owl, I'm gonna help them."

Diane Fisher as Little Girl

• (Diane Fisher) "Look. Live children."
• (Johnny Russell) "Why do they call us live children?"
• (Shirley Temple) "I don't know."
• (Young Lad) "You're live children, aren't you?"
• (Shirley Temple) "Well, of course we're alive. Aren't you alive?"
• (Young Lad) "Not yet. We're waiting to be born."
• (Diane Fisher) "Look how funny they dress."
• (Shirley Temple) "I was thinking the same thing about you."
• (Diane Fisher) "What are those things on your feet?"
• (Shirley Temple) "They're my shoes. They're for protecting your feet from thorns and stones and the cold."
• (Young Lad) "It's all very confusing, but I expect we'll understand it when we're born."
• (Shirley Temple) "Why don't you get born?"
• (Young Lad) "We will, but we have to wait our turn. Is it nice on Earth?"
• (Johnny Russell) "Yeah, it's all right."
• (Shirley Temple) "It's beautiful."

Ann Todd as Little Sister

• (Ann Todd) "Mytyl, Mytyl. Oh, you're Mytyl. And Tyltyl."
• (Shirley Temple) "How do you know our names?"
• (Ann Todd) "That's not very surprising. When I'm born, I'm going to be your little sister."
• (Shirley Temple) "Our little sister. Oh, when?"
• (Ann Todd) "I don't know just when. In a year or so."
• (Shirley Temple) "Oh, that's wonderful."
• (Ann Todd) "Yes. In a way."
• (Shirley Temple) "In a way? There will be three of us. We'll have lots of fun together."
• (Ann Todd) "Not for very long."
• (Shirley Temple) "Why not?"
• (Ann Todd) "I'll only be with you a short while."
• (Shirley Temple) "And then you're going away?"
• (Ann Todd) "Yes."
• (Johnny Russell) "It's hardly worthwhile you coming at all, is it?"
• (Ann Todd) "It would seem so, but we can't pick and choose."

Leona Roberts as Mrs. Berlingot

• (Leona Roberts) "Angela. You're up. You're walking."
• (Sybil Jason) "Yes, Mother. Look, it's Mytyl's bird. She's given it to me."
• (Shirley Temple) "It's the blue bird, Mrs. Berlingot."
• (Leona Roberts) "Oh, Angela, I can't believe it. It's a miracle. I must go and tell your father."
• (Sybil Jason) "Can I hold it now, Mytyl? Oh, it's so soft and warm. Will; Oh, Mytyl, it's gone. Oh, it got away."
• (Shirley Temple) "Don't cry. We'll find it again."
• (Sybil Jason) "Oh no, we can't. We can't ever."
• (Shirley Temple) "Oh yes, we can, Angela. I'm sure of it. Because now, we know where to look for it, don't we?"

• (Leona Roberts) "Angela. Angela, close that window. You know better than that."
• (Sybil Jason) "But it's Mytyl. She's got a bird."
• (Leona Roberts) "Yes, yes, but you're sick enough, dear, without catching your death of cold. Now close the window."
• (Sybil Jason) "Oh, Mother, I've always wanted a bird like this. Please ask her to give it to me."
• (Leona Roberts) "That one, she'd never give anybody anything."

Spring Byington as Mummy Tyl

• (Spring Byington) "Your daddy got up at daybreak and made a cage for your bird. Do you like it?"
• (Shirley Temple) "Oh, Tyltyl, look. My bird, look what's happened to it. It's blue. It's the blue bird."
• (Russell Hicks) "The blue bird?"
• (Shirley Temple) "We looked everywhere for it, and all the time it was right here."

Laura Hope Crews as Mrs. Luxury

• (Laura Hope Crews) "Why didn't you think to get each of them a pony? Then they'd have nothing to quarrel over."
• (Nigel Bruce) "Why didn't you? Well, don't stand there gaping. Go and get another pony."
• (Herbert Evans) "Yes, sir."
• (Johnny Russell) "All right, you can have this old pony. They'll get me a better one."
• (Shirley Temple) "Oh, no. You keep this one, and I'll take the better one."
• (Johnny Russell) "I'll get there first."
• (Shirley Temple) "Oh no, you won't."
• (Laura Hope Crews) "There just seems to be no satisfying them."
• (Nigel Bruce) "If you ask me, they're spoiled."

Eddie Collins as Tylo

• (Eddie Collins) "Looks more like a tornado."

Russell Hicks as Daddy Tyl

• (Russell Hicks) "How many times have I told you, Mytyl? Not to trap birds in the woods."
• (Shirley Temple) "But, daddy. It's such fun."
• (Russell Hicks) "It's not much fun for the bird."
• (Shirley Temple) "But, I need it."
• (Russell Hicks) "What for?"
• (Shirley Temple) "To sing for us -- What do you think, mommy? Angela Berlingot wanted me to give it to her."
• (Spring Byington) "Well, why didn't you? It'd be something to cheer her up. Poor mite, sick in bed all winter."
• (Shirley Temple) "It's not my fault, she's sick."
• (Spring Byington) "Well, it's your fault, you're selfish."
• (Russell Hicks) "You have so much that she hasn't, Mytyl."
• (Shirley Temple) "What have I got?"
• (Russell Hicks) "Health for one thing: to run free and play."
• (Shirley Temple) "Oh, that isn't anything."
• (Russell Hicks) "Oh? Isn't it?"
• (Johnny Russell) "I wouldn't like to stay in bed all day."
• (Shirley Temple) "I wouldn't mind."
• (Spring Byington) "That'll do, Mytyl. Stop talking and eat your supper."

Cecilia Loftus as Granny Tyl

• (Cecilia Loftus) "Somebody must be thinking of us. I feel quite strong. I think we're going to have visitors. They seem to be coming near."
• (Al Shean) "Maybe now I can finish my carving. I've been at this one for nearly a whole year."
• (Cecilia Loftus) "That's because we're so seldom awake."
• (Johnny Russell) "Granny. Grandpa."
• (Cecilia Loftus) "It's the children. Give us a hug, dears, a big one this time."
• (Al Shean) "It's been months and months since you last remembered us."
• (Cecilia Loftus) "The last time was Easter morning. The church bells were ringing."
• (Shirley Temple) "Easter? Oh, we didn't go out that day. We both had very bad colds."
• (Cecilia Loftus) "But you thought of us."
• (Shirley Temple) "Yes, we missed you."
• (Cecilia Loftus) "Every time you think of us, we wake up and see you again."
• (Shirley Temple) "But we thought you were dead."
• (Cecilia Loftus) "No, dear. Only when we're forgotten."

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