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The Figurehead (1952)
January 1, 19527mEN
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1 votes
Overview
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 CrickWriter
Top Billed Cast
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
N/A
Revenue
N/A
Production Companies
Halas and Batchelor Cartoon Films
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7.0A large tree stump is wheeled past the minister of a local church and laid upon the ground ready to be sculpted into a beautiful statue. Upon completion, though, the priest doesn't care for it so it's creator chucks a tin of paint over this angelic looking character and sells it to a ship for use as the harbinger of it's voyages the world over. One of these travels sees it strike a silver-voiced mermaid, who falls in love with the inanimate effigy and visits it every evening. Her affections are unrequited, though, and so she asks her father to conjure up a mighty storm to sink the ship. All th…
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