The Daydreamer
6.1
“Before the Little Mermaid, there was...”
A young Hans Christian Andersen goes in search of knowledge in the Garden of Paradise in order to make his studies easier. Each time he falls asleep, he experiences in his dreams the different characters he would later write about in fairy tales including The Little Mermaid, Thumbelina, and The Emperor's New Clothes.
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Cast
20 people
Paul O'Keefe
Chris
Known for
Child's Play
Jack Gilford
Papa Andersen
Known for
Cocoon
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Margaret Hamilton
Mrs. Klopplebobbler
Known for
The Wizard of Oz
13 Ghosts
Ray Bolger
The Pieman
Known for
The Wizard of Oz
Babes in Toyland
Robert Harter
Big Claus
Also in
Haunted Airplane
The Wacky World of Mother Goose
Tallulah Bankhead
The Sea Witch (voice)
Known for
Lifeboat
Fanatic
Victor Borge
Zenith, the Second Tailor (voice)
Also in
De tre måske fire
Higher and Higher
Patty Duke
Thumbelina (voice)
Known for
The Miracle Worker
Amityville: The Evil Escapes
Sessue Hayakawa
The Mole (voice)
Known for
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Swiss Family Robinson
Burl Ives
Father Neptune (voice)
Known for
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Boris Karloff
The Rat (voice)
Known for
How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
Bride of Frankenstein
Hayley Mills
The Little Mermaid (voice)
Known for
Trap
The Parent Trap
Jules Bass Director · Arthur Rankin Jr. Writer Hans Christian Andersen Story
Budget $2M · United States release June 1, 1966 · Produced in United States
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Budget
$2,000,000
Production
Rankin/Bass Productions
Production
Videocraft International
Production
Embassy Pictures Corporation
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · June 1, 1966
Theatrical
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