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.

Jack Gilford

Papa Andersen

Tallulah Bankhead

The Sea Witch (voice)

Margaret Hamilton

Mrs. Klopplebobbler

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)

Paul O'Keefe

Chris

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)

Ray Bolger

The Pieman

Larry D. Mann

Various (voice)

Robert Harter

Big Claus

Billie Mae Richards

Various (voice)

James Daugherty

Various (voice)