# Old movie??? Or am I mad!!! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 1, 2017, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-movie-or-am-i-mad/792581 "2017-08-01T15:01:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Columbus421](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/aeb1de/32.png) [@Columbus421](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Columbus421)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2017, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-movie-or-am-i-mad/792581/1 "2017-08-01T15:01:54Z")
Anyone have any idea what movie I am remembering? Or have I made the whole thing up and need to write it? Not sure if movie started off like this or if it’s just the first part I remember. A bunch of kids running around, playing happily. Maybe all dressed similarly it seems in white. Then they single out a boy and girl, seems the boy gives her something but we are lead to see they care about each other. Then an adult appears calling for the boy. The boy and girl approach the adult only to learn it is the boys time to be born to his parents on Earth. He protests, he doesn’t want to be separated from his TRUE LOVE. Seems the adult explains the boy is born first then something like six years the girl will be born and that if it’s true love they will be reunited on Earth later in their lives. Plz am so sure I watched this movie but can’t find it anywhere. Saw the movie sometime in the mid 70s, 1974 to 1976 best I can recall. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2017, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-movie-or-am-i-mad/792581/2 "2017-08-01T15:20:25Z")
Are you thinking of The Blue Bird? > **[The Blue Bird (1940 film)](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Blue_Bird_(1940_film))** > > 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 name 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 (played by Shirley Temple) and her search for happiness. > Despite being a box office flop and losing money, the film was later nominated fo... ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2017, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-movie-or-am-i-mad/792581/3 "2017-08-01T15:42:05Z")
What’s this? A mod so caught up in the subject he misses the forest for the trees?:eek: Reported for forum change. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2017, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-movie-or-am-i-mad/792581/4 "2017-08-01T15:44:46Z")
> [@Leo\_Bloom](#): > > What’s this? A mod so caught up in the subject he misses the forest for the trees?:eek: > > Reported for forum change. Ha! Didn’t notice the forum, but I’d still leave it to the GQ mod to move it anyway. ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2017, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-movie-or-am-i-mad/792581/5 "2017-08-01T16:48:18Z")
**Moderator Action** Moving thread from GQ to CS. ---
**Author:** ![BobBitchin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7ea924/32.png) [@BobBitchin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobBitchin)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2017, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-movie-or-am-i-mad/792581/6 "2017-08-01T21:39:48Z")
We’re these kids near a swing set in a field? This sounds familiar. ---
**Author:** ![Columbus421](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/aeb1de/32.png) [@Columbus421](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Columbus421)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2017, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-movie-or-am-i-mad/792581/7 "2017-08-02T00:25:21Z")
Don’t believe there was a swing set but not completely sure. I seem to remember the girls wore white dresses and the boys white slacks and shirt. The main girl I believe was sitting on a rock when the boy approached her pretty sure he gave her something thus we are lead to understand they are in love ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2017, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-movie-or-am-i-mad/792581/8 "2017-08-02T01:33:58Z")
Is this familiar? [https://www.google.com/search?q=blue+bird+movie+future+babies+scene&client=safari&hl=en-us&prmd=vin&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjf3cT5s7fVAhWIShQKHaTBBQ0Q\_AUIEigC&biw=1024&bih=649#hl=en-us&tbm=isch&q=blue+bird+movie+lovers+scene&imgrc=pCaipv8vG3Lj3M:](https://www.google.com/search?q=blue+bird+movie+future+babies+scene&client=safari&hl=en-us&prmd=vin&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjf3cT5s7fVAhWIShQKHaTBBQ0Q_AUIEigC&biw=1024&bih=649#hl=en-us&tbm=isch&q=blue+bird+movie+lovers+scene&imgrc=pCaipv8vG3Lj3M:) ---
**Author:** ![BobBitchin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7ea924/32.png) [@BobBitchin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobBitchin)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2017, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-movie-or-am-i-mad/792581/9 "2017-08-02T01:45:16Z")
> [@Columbus421](#): > > Don’t believe there was a swing set but not completely sure. I seem to remember the girls wore white dresses and the boys white slacks and shirt. The main girl I believe was sitting on a rock when the boy approached her pretty sure he gave her something thus we are lead to understand they are in love Ok, I was on the wrong track. I got nothin. Good luck 😃 ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2017, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-movie-or-am-i-mad/792581/10 "2017-08-02T03:03:08Z")
Totally the wrong year, but it sounds a lot like, “[Made in Heaven](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093467/?ref_=nv_sr_2).” Maybe this will jog your memory in the right direction. ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2017, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-movie-or-am-i-mad/792581/11 "2017-08-02T03:03:24Z")
Except for the clothing, it sounds like The Blue Bird. I remember watching countless Shirley Temple movies on Saturday or Sunday mornings/afternoons in the 70’s and that was one of them. ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2017, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-movie-or-am-i-mad/792581/12 "2017-08-02T03:15:58Z")
> [@Rhiannon8404](#): > > Except for the clothing, it sounds like The Blue Bird. I remember watching countless Shirley Temple movies on Saturday or Sunday mornings/afternoons in the 70’s and that was one of them. There was another version of _The Blue Bird_ made in the 70s it’s just as awful as the Temple one. ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2017, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-movie-or-am-i-mad/792581/13 "2017-08-02T05:14:11Z")
> [@RivkahChaya](#): > > There was another version of _The Blue Bird_ made in the 70s it’s just as awful as the Temple one. I was not aware of that. Glad I missed it. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2017, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-movie-or-am-i-mad/792581/14 "2017-08-02T07:15:38Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > Are you thinking of The Blue Bird? > > [The Blue Bird (1940 film) - Wikipedia](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Blue_Bird_(1940_film)) > [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > Is this familiar? > > [blue bird movie future babies scene - Google Search](https://www.google.com/search?q=blue+bird+movie+future+babies+scene&client=safari&hl=en-us&prmd=vin&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjf3cT5s7fVAhWIShQKHaTBBQ0Q_AUIEigC&biw=1024&bih=649#hl=en-us&tbm=isch&q=blue+bird+movie+lovers+scene&imgrc=pCaipv8vG3Lj3M:) > [@Rhiannon8404](#): > > Except for the clothing, it sounds like The Blue Bird. I remember watching countless Shirley Temple movies on Saturday or Sunday mornings/afternoons in the 70’s and that was one of them. What am I, chopped liver? 😕 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2017, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-movie-or-am-i-mad/792581/15 "2017-08-02T15:21:30Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > What am I, chopped liver? 😕 😃 I don’t understand. I saw your post. I was agreeing with you. I just added that I used to see it on TV in the 70’s since the OP mentioned the 70’s. 😕 ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2017, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-movie-or-am-i-mad/792581/16 "2017-08-02T16:18:56Z")
> [@Rhiannon8404](#): > > I don’t understand. I saw your post. I was agreeing with you. I just added that I used to see it on TV in the 70’s since the OP mentioned the 70’s. > > 😕 It’s OK- since it wasn’t quoted in your post and then your post was responded to, I thought mine was missed. I was only poking with a bit of fun about it anyway. Certainly didn’t mean for it to come off too harshly. I thought the smilie conveyed that, but I guess not!