The Daydreamer

The Daydreamer (1966)

Before the Little Mermaid, there was...

  • Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Music
  • Release Date: 1966-06-01
  • User Rating: 4.8/10 from 9 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 41min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Rankin/Bass Productions
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: Jules Bass
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Summary

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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  • Paul O'Keefe

    as Chris
  • Jack Gilford

    as Papa Andersen
  • Margaret Hamilton

    as Mrs. Klopplebobbler
  • Ray Bolger

    as The Pieman
  • Robert Harter

    as Big Claus
  • Tallulah Bankhead

    as The Sea Witch (voice)
  • Victor Borge

    as Zenith, the Second Tailor (voice)
  • Patty Duke

    as Thumbelina (voice)
  • Sessue Hayakawa

    as The Mole (voice)
  • Burl Ives

    as Father Neptune (voice)
  • Boris Karloff

    as The Rat (voice)
  • Hayley Mills

    as The Little Mermaid (voice)
  • Cyril Ritchard

    as The Sandman (voice)
  • Terry-Thomas

    as Brig. Zachary Zilch, the First Tailor (voice)
  • Ed Wynn

    as The Emperor (voice)
  • Larry D. Mann

    as Various (voice)
  • Billie Mae Richards

    as Various (voice)
  • James Daugherty

    as Various (voice)
  • William Marine

    as Various (voice)
  • Robert Goulet

    as Singer (voice)
Camera Daniel Cavelli Director of Photography
Sound Eric Tomlinson Sound
Directing Kizo Nagashima Assistant Director
Crew Joseph E. Levine Presenter
Production Sal Scoppa Jr. Production Manager
Sound Bernard Cowan Recording Supervision
Sound Maury Laws Original Music Composer
Writing Jules Bass Lyricist
Visual Effects John Hoppe Visual Effects
Production Larry Roemer Associate Producer
Sound Maury Laws Songs
Art Al Hirschfeld Assistant Art Director
Sound Alan Mirchin Sound
Sound Richard Gramaglia Sound
Sound Peter Page Sound
Production Joseph E. Levine Executive Producer
Sound Jules Bass Songs
Crew Tony Mordente Choreographer
Costume & Make-Up Oleg Cassini Costume Design
Sound Don Costa Orchestrator
Art Maurice Gordon Set Designer
Costume & Make-Up Phyllis Grens Makeup Artist
Writing Hans Christian Andersen Story
Production Arthur Rankin, Jr. Producer
Writing Arthur Rankin, Jr. Writer
Writing Romeo Muller Dialogue
Art Maurice Gordon Art Direction
Directing Jules Bass Director
Writing Hans Christian Andersen Characters

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