The Daydreamer

1966
Unrated
1h 41m

IMDb RATING

6.1/10

485

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An anthology of fairytales by Hans Christian Andersen: "The Little Mermaid", "The Emperor's New Clothes", "Thumbelina", and "The Garden of Paradise".

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An anthology of fairytales by Hans Christian Andersen: "The Little Mermaid", "The Emperor's New Clothes", "Thumbelina", and "The Garden of Paradise".An anthology of fairytales by Hans Christian Andersen: "The Little Mermaid", "The Emperor's New Clothes", "Thumbelina", and "The Garden of Paradise".An anthology of fairytales by Hans Christian Andersen: "The Little Mermaid", "The Emperor's New Clothes", "Thumbelina", and "The Garden of Paradise".

See production info at IMDbPro

IMDb RATING

6.1/10

485

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

The Rat
(voice)

Hayley Mills

The Little Mermaid
(voice)

Paul O'Keefe

Chris

Cyril Ritchard

The Sandman
(voice)

Terry-Thomas

Brig. Zachary Zilch (The First Tailor)
(voice)

Ed Wynn

The Emperor
(voice)

Ray Bolger

The Pieman

Robert Harter

Big Claus

Larry D. Mann

Various
(voice)
(as Larry Mann)

Billie Mae Richards

Various
(voice)
(as Billie Richards)

James Daugherty

Various
(voice)

Storyline

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Trivia
Was filmed on-location at the site of the New York World's Fair, with LaGuardia Airport being so close, it caused trouble with filming because of noise from the planes.

Goofs
With the second set of opening cast credits shown during the live action sequence, it is stated the actors' name are listed in alphabetical order. However, Sessue Hayakawa is placed before Margaret Hamilton.

Quotes
Thumbelina: Your size has nothing to do with your real happiness. As long as you're with the people you love and who love you, as long as you can accept yourself for what you really are... that's happiness.

Crazy credits
Contrary to Hollywood convention (and DGA rules), the credit for director Jules Bass appears second to last in the opening credits, just before the credit for writer/producer Arthur Rankin.

Connections
Referenced in Hewy's Animated Movie Reviews: The Top 10 Characters of the Rankin/Bass Holiday Specials (2010)

Soundtracks
Daydreamer
Music by Maury Laws & Jules Bass
Lyrics by Maury Laws & Jules Bass
Performed by Robert Goulet
Original sound track and score on Columbia Records
[Played over opening title and credits]

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Featured review

Very Bizarre

This Rankin/Bass production is quite a trip, and not the most lucid one, at that. Embarrassing cameos from a variety of stars, with "animation" well below par, considering their wonderful "Rudolph" specials. The story appears thrown together, connecting famous Anderson tales with an incoherent story line. How they managed to wrangle so many well-known voice-overs, I'll never understand. I grew up with Rankin/Bass, but did not see this film as a child. The DVD does make for a great conversation piece at parties, so I'd recommend the purchase. Perhaps, if they'd avoided the live-action segments, this film would have been a bit more enjoyable. The whole Ray-Bolger-running-around-with-pies is bizarre. Margaret Hamilton is wasted with about three lines. My 5 and 7 year-old nephews found it disturbing..."what about the 'cold tears from his hair'???"