''The Blue Bird'' is a

1910 Events January * January 13 – The first public radio broadcast takes place; live performances of the operas '' Cavalleria rusticana'' and ''Pagliacci'' are sent out over the airwaves, from the Metropolitan Opera House in New York C ...

silent film, based on the 1908 play by

Maurice Maeterlinck Maurice Polydore Marie Bernard Maeterlinck (29 August 1862 – 6 May 1949), also known as Count (or Comte) Maeterlinck from 1932, was a Belgian playwright, poet, and essayist who was Flemish but wrote in French. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in ...

and starring Pauline Gilmer as Mytyl and Olive Walter as Tytyl. It was filmed in

England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe b ...

Cast (in credits order)

*Pauline Gilmer as Mytyl *Olive Walter as Tytyl *Margaret Murray as Mummy Tyl *E.A. Warburton as Daddy Tyl *Ernest Hendrie as Tylo *Norma Page as Tylette * Carlotta Addison as The Fairy *

Edward Rigby Edward Coke MC (5 February 1879 – 5 April 1951), known professionally as Edward Rigby, was a British character actor. Early life Rigby was born at Ashford, Kent, England, the second son of Dr William Harriott Coke and his wife, Mary Elizabe ...

as Bread *H.R. Hignett as Sugar * Doris Lytton as Milk *Saba Raleigh as Cow * C. V. France as Time *Roy Travers as Cow

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* 1910 films British films based on plays British black-and-white films British silent short films Films based on works by Maurice Maeterlinck Works based on The Blue Bird (play) {{1910s-UK-film-stub