Movie Details
Original Language:English
Production Companies:Halas and Batchelor Cartoon Films
Cast & Crew
M
Matyas Seiber
Music
R
Roy Turk
Cinematography
C
Crosbie Garstin
Poem
The Figurehead
A poem of unrequited love the studios 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
