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19 May 1960 (USA) moreTagline:
Just wonderful entertainment! morePlot:
A young girl comes to an embittered town and confronts it's attitude with her determination to see the best in life. full summary | add synopsisAwards:
Nominated for BAFTA Film Award. Another 1 win moreNewsDesk:
(2 articles)
Karl Malden (1912 - 2009) (From SoundOnSight. 4 July 2009, 8:57 AM, PDT)
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(From FilmExperience. 1 July 2009, 7:45 PM, PDT)
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Wonderful performances make this worth viewing more (48 total)Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Jane Wyman | ... | Aunt Polly | |
| Richard Egan | ... | Dr. Edmond Chilton | |
| Karl Malden | ... | Reverend Paul Ford | |
| Nancy Olson | ... | Nancy Furman | |
| Adolphe Menjou | ... | Mr. Pendergast | |
| Donald Crisp | ... | Mayor Karl Warren | |
| Agnes Moorehead | ... | Mrs. Snow | |
| Kevin Corcoran | ... | Jimmy Bean | |
| Hayley Mills | ... | Pollyanna | |
| James Drury | ... | George Dodds | |
| Reta Shaw | ... | Tillie Lagerlof | |
| Leora Dana | ... | Mrs. Paul Ford | |
| Anne Seymour | ... | Mrs. Amelia Tarbell | |
| Edward Platt | ... | Ben Tarbell | |
| Mary Grace Canfield | ... | Angelica |
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134 minCountry:
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1.75 : 1 moreSound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound Recording)Certification:
Iceland:L | West Germany:o.Al. | USA:Approved (certificate #19385) (original rating) | USA:G (re-rating) (1992) | Australia:G | Canada:G | Finland:S | Sweden:Btl | UK:UFun Stuff
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The film opens with a close-up of a naked backside of young blond boy, who swings from a rope swing away from the camera jumping into a river. The boy is played by William Betz, who was 7 at the time of filming, who today (2009) recalls that at the time of filming, people weren't really allowed to swim in that river, White Sulfer Springs. He said his mother also had a very brief background extra role as one of the ladies at the train station where Pollyanna is picked up. Neither of them were actors but just locals where the movie was filmed. He is amused that the small Vermont town depicted in the movie was actually a mix of various locales miles apart in Napa Valley and Sonoma County, California. moreGoofs:
Errors in geography: Los Angeles smog visible in the background in the scene in the field with Reverend Ford. The story locale is turn of the century Vermont. moreQuotes:
Pollyanna Whittier: I'm sorry about the dress, Aunt Polly. Mother said it was a size too big, but Father said I should be glad it wasn't a pair of boy's trousers.Aunt Polly Harrington: Well, that's hardly anything to be glad about.
Pollyanna Whittier: Well, my father always used to say...
Aunt Polly Harrington: Yes, well, never mind what your father used to say. Pollyanna, this is going to be your new home now, and I hope you'll be very happy with me. Nancy will show you to your room.
Pollyanna Whittier: I'm very glad you sent for me, Aunt Polly. Your home is very lovely.
Aunt Polly Harrington: Thank you.
Pollyanna Whittier: It must make you awfully glad.
Aunt Polly Harrington: Glad?
Pollyanna Whittier: That you're so very rich!
[Reverend Ford starts to cough. Nancy takes Pollyanna out of the room]
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A vast improvement on the cutesy, blatantly unrealistic and cliched story on which it is based, the Disney film Pollyanna is a truly enjoyable, BELIEVABLE film. It has a very charming, nostalgic feel to it. The period costumes and sets are very good, and the direction is good, too. The best thing about it, however, are the performances. The talented cast really makes you believe in them and forget they're all stereotypes. Jane Wyman is quite good as Aunt Polly, as are Agnes Moorehead, Adolphe Menjou, and espicially Karl Malden. And Hayley Mills more than holds her own, giving a very good, subtle, believable performance. This Pollyanna does not spend all her time chatting her mouth off and misinterpreting every cold act of her aunt's as an expression of love, which made her very annoying in the book, but rather, she really gets to know people and very subtly brings out the best in them. A truly good family film, much better than the book, and one really worth viewing.