Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid

Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid

1948 · 89 min · EN · NR · 6.5 (25 votes)
Dir. Irving Pichel · Starring William Powell, Ann Blyth, Irene Hervey, Andrea King, Clinton Sundberg, Art Smith · Music Robert Emmett Dolan

“Lucky Mr. Peabody...Everybody thought he was DREAMING!”

ComedyFantasyRomance

As told to a psychiatrist: Mr. Peabody, a middle-aged Bostonian on vacation with his wife in the Caribbean, hears mysterious, wordless singing on an uninhabited rock in the bay. Fishing in the vicinity, he catches...a mermaid. He takes her home and, though she has no spoken language, falls in love with her. Of course, his wife won't believe that the thing in the bathtub is anything but a large fish.

VIBE

This film offers a gentle, whimsical escape into a world where the mundane meets the magical. It's a charmingly melancholic fantasy, exploring the allure of the unknown and the quiet yearnings of a man adrift. Expect a delightful, if wistful, romantic fable with a classic touch.

whimsicalcharmingmelancholicfantasticalromanticsteadyclassic Hollywoodromantic fantasyunderwater photographycharming whimsymid-life crisisescapismfantasy vs. realitymarital dissatisfaction
mermaidtold in flashbackunderwater photographyswimming underwatermarital crisismid-life crisis
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