Walter Lang
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Walter Lang was an American film director.
At christening of the ship S. S. Carole Lombard (1944). Walter Lang's wife Madalynne Field, a former actress, is second from left. Also in photo (L-R) are Clark Gable, actress Irene Dunne, and Louis B. Mayer
The Blue Bird (1940 film)
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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 title by Maurice Maeterlinck. Intended as 20th Century Fox's answer to MGM's The Wizard of Oz, which had been released the previous year, it was filmed in Technicolor and tells the story of a disagreeable young girl and her search for happiness.
Johnny Russell (foreground), Eddie Collins, and Shirley Temple in a publicity photo for the film