The Figurehead

The Figurehead

The Figurehead

Release date : 1952-01-01

Production country :

United Kingdom

Production company :

Halas and Batchelor Cartoon Films

Status : Released

Durasi : 7 Min.

Popularity : 0.2915

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Total Vote : 1

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.