What a silly movie. Mr. Peabody (William Powell) hears, goes searching for, and then fishes from the sea (dare I say kidnaps?) a young mermaid. The mermaid is of course completely content to swim around in Mr. Peabody's fancy goldfish pond, just as long as he will kiss her every once in a while. Did I mention there is a somewhat suspecting but also confused by the particulars Mrs. Peabody?
There is water-spitting, lying, swimming, a psychiatrist... 
One star for the moment in the film when a woman who desperately wants to win Mr. Peabody's attention goes swimming in the fish pond and has an underwater fight with the mermaid. But that's all. Go rent I Married a Witch.
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I loved this movie when I was a little girl in the 1950s and I'd love to see it again after all these years. I wonder why it's never been on TV? (Being a bad movie doesn't seem to prevent TV stations from showing them.)
I tracked the movie down by calling video stores! It's out there...
So...was this is was this not the inspiration for Splash?
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