The Daydreamer
Animation
Adventure
Family
Fantasy
Music
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.
1966-06-01
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Cast
Director
Jules Bass
Paul O'Keefe as Chris
Jack Gilford as Papa Andersen
Margaret Hamilton as Mrs. Klopplebobbler
Ray Bolger as The Pieman
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)
Robert Goulet as Singer (voice)