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 figure-head 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.
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Year:
1953
Length:
9 mins
Production:
John Halas, Joy Batchelor, Alan Crick
Direction:
John Halas, Joy Batchelor
Script:
Joy Batchelor
Design:
Joy Batchelor
Animation:
Alan Crick, Bob Privett
Music:
Matyas Seiber
