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The Figurehead

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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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Status
Released
Budget
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Box office
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Language
English

Top billed cast

Behind the camera

Director

Allan Crick

Produced in

United Kingdom

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Release dates

  • United KingdomGB

    • TheatricalSource: IMDb1 Jan 1952

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The Figurehead was released on 1 January 1952.

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    CinemaSerf

    2/7/2024

    7/10

    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 the harbinger of it's voyages the world over. One of these travels sees it strike a silver-voiced mermaid, who falls in…

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