Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid (1948)

Directed by

Irving Pichel

Genre

romantic comedy

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 29m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 24 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A middle-aged man on vacation with his wife catches a mermaid while fishing. He falls under her spell and tries to keep her existence a secret while juggling his marriage and the attention of a psychiatrist.

lightheartedwhimsicaldreamyplayfulgentleromanticescapistold-fashioned

What happens

Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid is a 1948 American romantic fantasy film directed by Irving Pichel starring William Powell and Ann Blyth in the title roles. The film was based on the 1945 novel Peabody's Mermaid by Guy and Constance Jones. Sequences were shot at the Weeki Wachee Springs in Florida; Blyth's swimming doubles were Nancy Tribble and Mary Ann Ziegler. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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