The Figurehead
Short Film
1952
7m
English
Romance, Animation, Fantasy
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The Figurehead
Short Film
1952
7m
English
Romance, Animation, Fantasy
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.
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Directed By: Allan Crick
Written By: Joy Batchelor
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CinemaSerf
a month ago
A 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 More
