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Fairy Tale | Peasant
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Budget 2,000,000 USD
The blue bird of the title was paid $50 a day, and flew away from a Los Angeles aviary soon after the movie was finished.
Gale Sondergaard was originally cast as the Wicked Witch in The Wizard of Oz (1939), but she instead chose the role of Tylette the Cat in this film.
On 24 December 1939, a month before the film premiered, Shirley Temple and Nelson Eddy performed a 30-minute radio adaptation of the play on the Lady Esther Screen Guild Theater, a program adapting popular films with some of Hollywood's biggest stars. It was during this program, according to Ms. Temple's autobiography, that a deranged woman who'd been stalking her managed to get within three feet of the stage with a loaded gun before being stopped and disarmed. Ms. Temple, Mr. Eddy, and the rest of the cast somehow managed to keep their composure through all of this, with the listening audience none the wiser.
The production utilized 300 children between the ages of 4 and 10. Twentieth Century-Fox hired 30 nurses and 30 studio teachers to look after the children, all under the supervision of assistant director Henry Weinberger.
Shirley Temple's producer, Darryl F. Zanuck, decided to make this film after he mistakenly took the success of The Wizard of Oz (1939) as a sign that children's fantasy films were popular. With World War II fast approaching, however, audiences had no interest in Temple's unsympathetic character.
"Granny Tyl: Somebody must be thinking of us. I feel quite strong. I think we're going to have visitors. They seem to be coming near. Grandpa Tyl: Maybe now I can finish my carving. I've been at this one for nearly a whole year. Granny Tyl: That's because we're so seldom awake. Mytyl, Tyltyl: Granny! Grandpa! Granny Tyl: It's the children! Give us a hug, dears, a big one this time. Grandpa Tyl: It's been months and months since you last remembered us. Granny Tyl: The last time was Easter morning. The church bells were ringing. Mytyl: Easter? Oh, we didn't go out that day. We both had very bad colds. Granny Tyl: But you thought of us. Mytyl: Yes, we missed you. Granny Tyl: Every time you think of us, we wake up and see you again. Mytyl: But we thought you were dead. Granny Tyl: No, dear. Only when we're forgotten."
"Little Sister: Mytyl, Mytyl! Oh, you're Mytyl! And Tyltyl! Mytyl: How do you know our names? Little Sister: That's not very surprising. When I'm born, I'm going to be your little sister. Mytyl: Our little sister! Oh, when? Little Sister: I don't know just when. In a year or so. Mytyl: Oh, that's wonderful! Little Sister: Yes. In a way. Mytyl: In a way? There will be three of us! We'll have lots of fun together! Little Sister: Not for very long. Mytyl: Why not? Little Sister: I'll only be with you a short while. Mytyl: And then you're going away? Little Sister: Yes. Tyltyl: It's hardly worthwhile you coming at all, is it? Little Sister: It would seem so, but we can't pick and choose."
