The Daydreamer (1966)

In this hybrid of live-action and stop-motion animation, 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.
Jules Bass, Kizo Nagashima
Paul O’Keefe, Jack Gilford, Margaret Hamilton, Ray Bolger, Robert Harter, Tallulah Bankhead, Victor Borge, Patty Duke, Sessue Hayakawa, Burl Ives, Boris Karloff, Hayley Mills, Cyril Ritchard, Terry-Thomas, Ed Wynn, Larry D. Mann, Billie Mae Richards, James Daugherty, William Marine, Robert Goulet
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