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Director:
Jules Bass
Writers:
Hans Christian Andersen (stories)
Romeo Muller (additional dialogue)
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Release Date:
June 1966 (USA) more
Genre:
Animation | Family | Fantasy more
Tagline:
Before the Little Mermaid, there was...
Plot:
An anthology of fairy tales by Hans Christian Andersen: "The Little Mermaid," "The Emperor's New Clothes," "Thumbelina" and "The Garden of Paradise." full summary | add synopsis
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Fascinating! Not your typical animated kiddie fare. more (18 total)

Cast

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Tallulah Bankhead ... The Sea Witch (voice)
Victor Borge ... Zenith (The Second Tailor) (voice)

Patty Duke ... Thumbelina (voice)

Jack Gilford ... Papa Andersen
Sessue Hayakawa ... The Mole (voice)
Margaret Hamilton ... Mrs. Klopplebobbler

Burl Ives ... Father Neptune (voice)

Boris Karloff ... 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
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Runtime:
101 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Eastmancolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Australia:G | USA:Unrated
Filming Locations:
New York, USA
Company:
Embassy Pictures Corporation more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Was filmed on location at the site of the New York's World Fair, with LaGuardia Airport being so close it caused trouble with the filming because of noise from the planes. more
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Crew or equipment visible: As the live-action Chris floats downstream in his boat without rowing, the black flippers of a diver propelling the boat from underneath can be seen breaking the water. more
Soundtrack:
Daydreamer more

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3 out of 4 people found the following comment useful.
Fascinating! Not your typical animated kiddie fare., 15 November 2001
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Author: Joseph Brando from NJ, USA

This film was produced by the wonderful Rankin/Bass team - best known for their holiday masterpieces "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer", "Frosty the Snowman" and "Mad Monster Party", just to name a few. The wraparound story (which is live-action) deals with a young Hans Christian Anderson struggling to find The Garden of Paradise. On his journey, we are treated to four haunting stories, each filmed in Rankin/Bass's trademark stop-motion "Animagic". The stories are unusual in that they all end on a low note rather than a typical "Disney happy ending" - keeping true to Anderson's original tales. Included here are "The Little Mermaid", "The Emperor's New Clothes", "Thumbelina" and "The Garden of Paradise". Once again Arthur Rankin and Jules Bass have created a fantasyland of wonder and imagination filled to the brim with beautiful tunes.

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