The Blue Bird (1918)

191855mdir. Maurice TourneurUnited Statesfantasy filmchildren's film

With Gertrude McCoy

Directed by Maurice Tourneur

The Blue Bird still

The Blue Bird is a 1918 American silent fantasy film based upon the 1908 play by Maurice Maeterlinck and directed by Maurice Tourneur in the United States, under the auspices of producer Adolph Zukor. In 2004, this film was deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" by the United States Library of Congress and selected for preservation in its National Film Registry.

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