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".
Patty Duke
- Thumbelina
- (voice)
Sessue Hayakawa
- The Mole
- (voice)
Burl Ives
- Father Neptune
- (voice)
Boris Karloff
- The Rat
- (voice)
Cyril Ritchard
- The Sandman
- (voice)
Ed Wynn
- The Emperor
- (voice)
Larry D. Mann
- Various
- (voice)
- (as Larry Mann)
Billie Mae Richards
- Various
- (voice)
- (as Billie Richards)
James Daugherty
- Various
- (voice)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaWas 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.
- GoofsWith 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 creditsContrary 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.
- SoundtracksDaydreamer
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]
Featured review
Magical Puppet Animated Storybook Fantasy
Fairy Tale lovers are in for a treat with this star-studded live action/animation feature film 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. These parts of the movie are admittedly corny, but on his journey, we are treated to four enchanting 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. This movie should get 10 stars alone for getting Tallulah Bankhead to voice the sea-witch in "Little Mermaid".
Magnificent Eye-Candy!
The wraparound story (which is live-action) deals with a young Hans Christian Anderson struggling to find The Garden of Paradise. These parts of the movie are admittedly corny, but on his journey, we are treated to four enchanting 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. This movie should get 10 stars alone for getting Tallulah Bankhead to voice the sea-witch in "Little Mermaid".
Magnificent Eye-Candy!
- josephbrando
- Nov 14, 2001
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- Also known as
- El soñador aventurero
- Filming locations
- Production company
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- Runtime1 hour 41 minutes
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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