Movie
The Figurehead
1952 · Romance / Animation / Fantasy · 7m 7.0
A poem of unrequited love: the studio's first puppet production. Based on a poem by Cosbie Garstin, the film tells the story of a carved wooden saint who is painted to look like a soldier and used as a figurehead on a sailing ship. The ship sinks and the figurehead is saved by a beautiful mermaid who falls in love with him. Her love is not returned because despite his dashing looks he has the wooden heart of a saint.
- Director
- Allan Crick
- Writer
- Joy Batchelor
- Producers
- Joy Batchelor,John Halas
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