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Rankin/Bass Productions
Videocraft International
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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.
Amazon Video
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Paul O'Keefe
Chris
Jack Gilford
Papa Andersen
Margaret Hamilton
Mrs. Klopplebobbler
Ray Bolger
The Pieman
Tallulah Bankhead
The Sea Witch (voice)
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)
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)
Robert Goulet
Singer (voice)
Al Hirschfeld
Assistant Art Director
Oleg Cassini
Costume Design
Tony Mordente
Choreographer
Joseph E. Levine
Presenter
Jules Bass
Director
Joseph E. Levine
Executive Producer
Arthur Rankin, Jr.
Producer
Maury Laws
Original Music Composer
Bernard Cowan
Recording Supervision
Jules Bass
Songs
Maury Laws
Songs
Hans Christian Andersen
Characters
Romeo Muller
Dialogue
Jules Bass
Lyricist
Hans Christian Andersen
Story
Arthur Rankin, Jr.
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