Pollyanna (1960) 7.1
A young girl comes to an embittered town and confronts its attitude with her determination to see the best in life. Director:David Swift |
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Pollyanna (1960) 7.1
A young girl comes to an embittered town and confronts its attitude with her determination to see the best in life. Director:David Swift |
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| Hayley Mills | ... | ||
| Jane Wyman | ... |
Aunt Polly
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Richard Egan | ... |
Dr. Edmond Chilton
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| Karl Malden | ... |
Reverend Paul Ford
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| Nancy Olson | ... |
Nancy Furman
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| Adolphe Menjou | ... |
Mr. Pendergast
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| Donald Crisp | ... |
Mayor Karl Warren
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| Agnes Moorehead | ... |
Mrs. Snow
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Kevin Corcoran | ... | |
| James Drury | ... |
George Dodds
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| Reta Shaw | ... |
Tillie Lagerlof
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Leora Dana | ... |
Mrs. Paul Ford
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| Anne Seymour | ... |
Mrs. Amelia Tarbell
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| Edward Platt | ... |
Ben Tarbell
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Mary Grace Canfield | ... |
Angelica
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A little girl comes to a town that is embattled by feuds and intimidated by her aunt. By the time she must leave, she has transformed the community with her indominatable will to see the good side of even the worst situations and bring it out for the betterment of all. Written by Kenneth Chisholm <kchishol@execulink.com>
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.