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The Blue Bird 1940 2 stars

    N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Walter Lang
Cast: Shirley Temple, Spring Byington, Nigel Bruce, Gale Sondergaard, Eddie Collins, Sybil Jason, Jessie Ralph, Helen Ericson, Johnny Russell, Laura Hope Crews, Russell Hicks, Cecilia Loftus, Gene Reynolds, Stanley Andrews

  In a change of character for Shirley Temple, she plays a little brat who leaves home but finds that happiness can only be found through unselfishness.

The Blue Bird 1976 1 and a half stars

    G, 100 min.
Genre: Family
Director: George Cukor
Cast: Elizabeth Taylor, Jane Fonda, Ava Gardner, Cicely Tyson, Todd Lookinland, Patsy Kensit, Will Geer, Robert Morley, Harry Andrews

  This story about peasant children (Todd Lookinland and Patsy Kensit) is a U.S./U.S.S.R. co-production. The children travel through a dream world looking for the elusive Blue Bird of Happiness.

The Blue Bird (1940)

Gale Sondergaard

Oscar: Best Supporting Actress for Anthony Adverse (1936)

The Blue Bird (1976)

George Cukor

Oscar: Best Director for My Fair Lady (1964)

Elizabeth Taylor

Oscars: Best Actress for Butterfield 8 (1960), Best Actress for Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)

Jane Fonda

Oscars: Best Actress for Klute (1971), Best Actress for Coming Home (1978)

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