The Daydreamer
The Daydreamer
Release: 1966-06-01
·Runtime: 101m
·★ 4.6
Animation
Adventure
Family
Fantasy
Music
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.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
Rankin/Bass Productions
Videocraft International
Embassy Pictures Corporation
Cast
Jack Gilford
as Papa Andersen
Ray Bolger
as The Pieman
Patty Duke
as Thumbelina (voice)
Hayley Mills
as The Little Mermaid (voice)
Robert Goulet
as Singer (voice)
Margaret Hamilton
as Mrs. Klopplebobbler
Tallulah Bankhead
as The Sea Witch (voice)
Cyril Ritchard
as The Sandman (voice)
Sessue Hayakawa
as The Mole (voice)
Boris Karloff
as The Rat (voice)
Ed Wynn
as The Emperor (voice)
Victor Borge
as Zenith, the Second Tailor (voice)
Burl Ives
as Father Neptune (voice)
Terry-Thomas
as Brig. Zachary Zilch, the First Tailor (voice)
Larry D. Mann
as Various (voice)
Paul O'Keefe
as Chris
Crew
Hans Christian Andersen
Story, Characters
Maury Laws
Original Music Composer, Songs
Jules Bass
Lyricist, Songs, Director
Bernard Cowan
Recording Supervision
Oleg Cassini
Costume Design
Romeo Muller
Dialogue
Arthur Rankin, Jr.
Writer, Producer
Joseph E. Levine
Executive Producer, Presenter
Al Hirschfeld
Assistant Art Director