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