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The Daydreamer
Synopsis
A fictional account of a teen-aged Hans Christian Anderson. In this film, young Hans runs away from home and each time he falls asleep he experiences in his dreams the different characters he would later write about including The Little Mermaid, Thumbelina and The Ugly Duckling.
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Full Credits
  • Director:
    Jules Bass,
  • Writer:
    Arthur Rankin, Jr.,
  • Producer:
    Arthur Rankin, Jr.,
  • Cinematographer:
    Daniel Cavelli,
  • Executive Producer:
    Joseph E. Levine,
  • Cast:
    Paul O'Keefe, Jack Gilford, Tallulah Bankhead, Sessue Hayakawa, Patty Duke, Victor Borge, Margaret Hamilton, Ray Bolger, Robert Harter,
  • Associate Producer:
    Larry Roemer,
  • Sound:
    Peter Page, Alan Mirchin, Eric Tomlinson, Richard Gramaglia,
  • Recording Supervision:
    Bernard Cowan,
  • Dialogue:
    Romeo Muller,
  • Makeup Artist:
    Phyllis Grens,
  • Songs:
    Jules Bass, Maury Laws,
  • Orchestrator:
    Don Costa,
  • Story by:
    Hans Christian Andersen,
  • Choreographer:
    Tony Mordente,
  • Set Designer:
    Maurice Gordon,
  • Characters:
    Hans Christian Andersen,
  • Presenter:
    Joseph E. Levine,
  • Assistant Director:
    Kizo Nagashima,
  • Original Music Composer:
    Maury Laws,
  • Costume Design:
    Oleg Cassini,
  • Assistant Art Director:
    Al Hirschfeld,
  • Production Manager:
    Sal Scoppa Jr.,
  • Art Direction:
    Maurice Gordon,
  • Lyricist:
    Jules Bass,
  • Visual Effects:
    John Hoppe,

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