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OPEN CLASSIC CINEMA · 535

The Blue Bird

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Synopsis

Two children are sent by a fairy to search for the bluebird of happiness. A magical hat reveals the living spirits within familiar objects and allows their pets to speak. Accompanied by these new companions, they travel through strange realms in a quest that changes their understanding of the ordinary world they left behind.

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Inspirations

Maurice Tourneur adapts Maurice Maeterlinck's play through carefully designed fantasy spaces and personified household elements. The film's visual treatment of the allegory helped secure its later inclusion in the National Film Registry.

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Work catalogued as public domain in the United States.

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Availability checked on September 10, 2026.

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