The Blue Bird (film)
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Maurice Maeterlinck
's 1908 play The Blue Bird (L'Oiseau Bleu) has been adapted numerous times for film and television:
Maurice Maeterlinck
Maurice Polydore Marie Bernard Maeterlinck, also called Comte Maeterlinck from 1932, was a Belgian playwright, poet, and essayist who wrote in French. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1911. The main themes in his work are death and the meaning of life...
's 1908 play The Blue Bird (L'Oiseau Bleu) has been adapted numerous times for film and television:
- The Blue Bird (1910 film)The Blue Bird (1910 film)The Blue Bird is a 1910 silent film, based on the play by Maurice Maeterlinck and starring Pauline Gilmer as Mytyl and Olive Walter as Tytyl. It was filmed in England.- Cast :*Pauline Gilmer as Mytyl*Olive Walter as Tytyl...
, a silent film starring Pauline Gilmer and Olive Walter - The Blue Bird (1918 film)The Blue Bird (1918 film)The Blue Bird is a 1918 film directed by Maurice Tourneur in the United States, under the auspices of producer Adolph Zukor. The story begins with two children, Tyltyl and Mytyl, whom are sent out by the fairy Bérylune into various lands to search for the bluebird of happiness. Returning home...
, a silent film directed by Maurice Tourneur - The Blue Bird (1940 film)The Blue Bird (1940 film)The Blue Bird is a 1940 American fantasy film directed by Walter Lang. The screenplay by Walter Bullock was adapted from the 1908 play of the same name by Maurice Maeterlinck...
, starring Shirley Temple - The Blue Bird (1970 film)The Blue Bird (1970 film)The Blue Bird is a 1970 Soviet animated feature film based upon the play by Maurice Maeterlinck. It was directed by Vasily Livanov and made at the Soyuzmultfilm studio. It uses a mix of traditional and cutout animation.-Crew:-External links:*...
, a Soviet animated film - The Blue Bird (1976 film)The Blue Bird (1976 film)The Blue Bird is a 1976 American/Soviet fantasy film directed by George Cukor. The screenplay by Hugh Whitemore, Alfred Hayes, and Aleksei Kapler is based on L'Oiseau bleu by Maurice Maeterlinck. It was the fifth screen adaptation of the play, following two silent films, the studio's 1940 version...
, a joint Soviet-American production directed by George Cukor - Maeterlinck's Blue Bird: Tyltyl and Mytyl's Adventurous JourneyMaeterlinck's Blue Bird: Tyltyl and Mytyl's Adventurous Journeyis a 1980 Japanese animated television series directed by Hiroshi Sasagawa, with character designs from Leiji Matsumoto. It is based on the play by Maurice Maeterlinck...
, a 1980 Japanese animated TV series