The Daydreamer

Before the Little Mermaid, there was...

101 mins
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.

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)

Boris Karloff

The Rat (voice)

Hayley Mills

The Little Mermaid (voice)

Cyril Ritchard

The Sandman (voice)

Terry-Thomas

Brig. Zachary Zilch, the First Tailor (voice)

Ed Wynn

The Emperor (voice)

Larry D. Mann

Various (voice)

Billie Mae Richards

Various (voice)

James Daugherty

Various (voice)

William Marine

Various (voice)

Robert Goulet

Singer (voice)

Joseph E. Levine

Executive Producer

Maury Laws

Original Music Composer

Tony Mordente

Choreographer

Bernard Cowan

Recording Supervision

Oleg Cassini

Costume Design

Don Costa

Orchestrator

Sal Scoppa Jr.

Production Manager

Maurice Gordon

Set Designer

Phyllis Grens

Makeup Artist

Jules Bass

Lyricist

Al Hirschfeld

Assistant Art Director

John Hoppe

Visual Effects

Daniel Cavelli

Director of Photography

Larry Roemer

Associate Producer

Kizo Nagashima

Assistant Director

Maurice Gordon

Art Direction

Jules Bass

Director

Romeo Muller

Dialogue

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