09 Sep 1997
Casper: A Spirited Beginning
Before he met and befriended the other ghouls at Applegate Manor, friendly ghost Casper meets young Chris Carson, a lonely kid who decides to teach Casper how to be a proper ghost.
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.
Top Billed Cast
Paul O'Keefe Chris
Jack Gilford Papa Andersen
Margaret Hamilton Mrs. Klopplebobbler
Ray Bolger The Pieman
Robert Harter Big Claus
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)
Larry D. Mann Various (voice)
Billie Mae Richards Various (voice)
James Daugherty Various (voice)
William Marine Various (voice)
Robert Goulet Singer (voice)
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