The Daydreamer (1966)
"Before the Little Mermaid, there was..."
 
    Title: The Daydreamer
Original Title: The Daydreamer
Release Date: 1966-06-01
Status: Released
Rating: 4.636/10 (from 11 votes)
Language: EN
Genres: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Music
Production Companies: Rankin/Bass Productions, Videocraft International, Embassy Pictures Corporation
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.
Cast
 
            Paul O'Keefe
Chris
 
            Jack Gilford
Papa Andersen
 
            Margaret Hamilton
Mrs. Klopplebobbler
 
            Ray Bolger
The Pieman
 
            Robert Harter
Big Claus
 
            Tallulah Bankhead
The Sea Witch (voice)
 
            Victor Borge
Zenith, the Second Tailor (voice)
 
            Patty Duke
Thumbelina (voice)
 
            Sessue Hayakawa
The Mole (voice)
 
            Burl Ives
Father Neptune (voice)
 
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
            