1h 20min | Fantasy, Comedy, Romance | 24 May 1948 (UK)
Director: Ken Annakin
Stars: Glynis Johns, Googie Withers, Griffith Jones, Margaret Rutherford.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0040597/
This is not American nor a musical. But 2 mermaid films were released in '48: this and Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid, and I wanted to view them again. This one also has a sequel, Mad About Men ('54).
Lovely light comedy, with GJ quite credible as the fish-tailed siren so enchanting that she captures 3 men's hearts without their resorting to competition. Cute ending that could have fueled its own sequel, but reading the synopsis, MAM doesn't appear to pick up that idea.
MR doesn't get enough screen time to run away with the show. She's an amazingly quirky character actress; Marjorie Main crossed with Cuddles Sakall still wouldn't be quirky enough.
Gainsborough Pictures, dir. Annakin; 6+
