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Overview

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6.7/10   704 votes
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Director:
James Neilson
Writers:
Sally Benson (screenplay)
Kate Douglas Wiggin (book)
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Release Date:
7 July 1963 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Family | Musical more
Tagline:
HAYLEY'S IN A WHIRL! Breezing through her sixteenth summer! more
Plot:
A Bostonian widow moves with her kids to the country. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for Golden Globe. more
User Comments:
remake... musical, love, romance and fun more

Cast

  (Complete credited cast)
Hayley Mills ... Nancy Carey

Burl Ives ... Osh Popham
Dorothy McGuire ... Margaret Carey
Deborah Walley ... Julia Carey
Una Merkel ... Mariah Popham
Eddie Hodges ... Gilly Carey

Michael J. Pollard ... Digby Popham

Peter Brown ... Tom Hamilton
James Stacy ... Charles Bryant
Jimmy Mathers ... Peter Carey
O.Z. Whitehead ... Mr. Perkins
Wendy Turner ... Lallie Joy Popham
Harry Holcombe ... Henry Lord
Hilda Plowright ... Mary
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Additional Details

Runtime:
110 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.75 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound Recording)
Certification:
Australia:G | UK:U | USA:Approved (certificate #20390) | USA:G (re-rating) (1992)

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Originally planned as a vehicle for Annette Funicello. more
Quotes:
Osh Popham: Mr. Hamilton wants a favor in return.
Margaret Carey: A favor? From us?
Osh Popham: Yes, he wants you to find a suitable place for his dear mother's picture.
Nancy Carey: Of course! Portrait of a lady! Where is it, Osh?
Osh Popham: Well, he hid it. He hid it away someplace safe. He wrote it down real clear, but it's just gone right out of my head.
Nancy Carey: Well, if you'll bring the letter, we'll follow the instructions to the last detail. She'll have a place of honor!
Osh Popham: Well, that's the idea. He wrote something about a simple little vase with flowers on her birthday.
Nancy Carey: When is it?
Osh Popham: Well, it seemed to me it was around the fall of the year. On Halloween.
Margaret Carey: Halloween!
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Movie Connections:
Edited into "Disneyland: Summer Magic: Part 1 (#12.11)" (1965) more
Soundtrack:
Pink of Perfection more

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7 out of 9 people found the following comment useful:-
remake... musical, love, romance and fun, 29 October 2003
Author: missylove from United States

This movie is a remake of a movie called Mother Carey's Chickens (1938) Anne Shirley as Nancy Carey, Ruby Keeler as Kitty Carey, James Ellison as Ralph Thurston, Fay Bainter as Mrs. Carey, Walter Brennan as Mr. Popham, and Donnie Dunagan as Peter Carey.

Both are really good family movies. Summer Magic is more on the musical end and Mother Carey's Chickens is more of the romance side. Both have a lot of love, kindness and care one for another.

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