The Daydreamer
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.
Cast
Boris Karloff
The Rat (voice)
Robert Goulet
Singer (voice)
Burl Ives
Father Neptune (voice)
Paul O'Keefe
Chris
Margaret Hamilton
Mrs. Klopplebobbler
Sessue Hayakawa
The Mole (voice)
Ed Wynn
The Emperor (voice)
Jack Gilford
Papa Andersen
Hayley Mills
The Little Mermaid (voice)
Cyril Ritchard
The Sandman (voice)
Terry-Thomas
Brig. Zachary Zilch, the First Tailor (voice)
Ray Bolger
The Pieman
Tallulah Bankhead
The Sea Witch (voice)
Victor Borge
Zenith, the Second Tailor (voice)
Patty Duke
Thumbelina (voice)