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.
- Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Music
- Studio: Rankin/Bass Productions, StudioCanal, Videocraft International, Embassy Pictures Corporation
- Keyword: fairy tale, stop motion, fable, cobbler, based on fairy tale, garden of eden, quest, live action and animation
- Cast: Paul O'Keefe, Jack Gilford, Margaret Hamilton, Ray Bolger, Robert Harter, Tallulah Bankhead