Hans Christian Andersen is a 1952 American English-language Biography Family film featuring Danny Kaye, Farley Granger, Zizi Jeanmaire, Joseph Walsh, Philip Tonge, Erik Bruhn and Beverly Washburn. A large part of the narrative is told through song and ballet and includes many of the real Andersen's most famous stories, such as The Ugly Duckling, Thumbelina, The Emperor's New Clothes and The Little Mermaid. Samuel Goldwyn Productions was the production house involved in the project along with executive producer(s) Samuel Goldwyn. Hans Christian Andersen is written by Moss Hart, Myles Connolly and Ben Hecht and it is directed by Charles Vidor. RKO Radio Pictures acquired the distribution rights for the motion picture. The movie has a running time of 120 minutes. The Film was successful at box office. Hans Christian Andersen was made on a budget of $4 million and it was a hit at box office gross of $6 million. Cinematography was done by Harry Stradling and editing by Daniel Mandell. The music was composed by Walter Scharf along with Frank Loesser.