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Summer Magic (1963) 6.7
A Bostonian widow moves with her kids to the country. Director:James Neilson |
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Title: Summer Magic (1963)
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Nominated for 1 Golden Globe.
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Nancy Carey
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| Burl Ives | ... |
Osh Popham
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| Dorothy McGuire | ... |
Margaret Carey
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| Deborah Walley | ... |
Julia Carey
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Una Merkel | ... |
Mariah Popham
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Eddie Hodges | ... |
Gilly Carey
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Digby Popham
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| Peter Brown | ... |
Tom Hamilton
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James Stacy | ... |
Charles Bryant
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Jimmy Mathers | ... |
Peter Carey
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O.Z. Whitehead | ... |
Mr. Perkins
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Wendy Turner | ... |
Lallie Joy Popham
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Harry Holcombe | ... |
Henry Lord
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Hilda Plowright | ... |
Mary
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Disney musical about Mother Carey, a Bostonian widow and her three children who move to Maine. Postmaster Osh Popham helps them move into a run-down old house and fixes it up for them. It's not entirely uninhabited, though; the owner, a Mr. Hamilton, is a mysterious character away in Europe, but Osh assures them he won't mind their living there, since he won't be coming home for a long time yet. The children and a cousin who comes to live with them have various adventures before an unexpected visitor shows up. Written by Anonymous
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HAYLEY'S IN A WHIRL! Breezing through her sixteenth summer! See more »Parents Guide:
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USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
7 July 1963 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Doce Verão dos Meus Sonhos See more »Filming Locations:
Walt Disney Studios, 500 South Buena Vista Street, Burbank, California, USACompany Credits
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Peter Carey: He has a very ugly face.
Osh Popham: Maybe he's thinking the same thing about you.
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(uncredited)
Written by Robert B. Sherman and Richard M. Sherman
Sung by Hayley Mills, Eddie Hodges, and Dorothy McGuire (dubbed by Marilyn Hooven)
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Osh Popham: [Picks up a caterpillar] That's a mighty handsome critter.Peter Carey: He has a very ugly face.
Osh Popham: Maybe he's thinking the same thing about you.
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Connections
Edited into Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color: Summer Magic: Part 2 (1965) See more »Soundtracks
"Flitterin'"(uncredited)
Written by Robert B. Sherman and Richard M. Sherman
Sung by Hayley Mills, Eddie Hodges, and Dorothy McGuire (dubbed by Marilyn Hooven)
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I have fond memories of watching this movie on TV when I was about 7 years old. Looking back on it now, it's pretty typical Disney family-fare from the early 60s. Hayley Mills is cute, as usual, as the older sister in the Carey family. Eddie Hodges is not bad either as her brother. Burl Ives is enjoyable. His "Ugly Bug Ball" sequence with little Jimmy Mathers is cute, corny and memorable. Deborah Walley is fun as cousin Julia, and it's fun to see her and Mills irritating each other. There are some cute songs in here, by the Sherman brothers, but you have to wonder what they were thinking when they wrote them. In addition to the aforementioned "Ugly Bug Ball", we have two of the oddest inclusions in the Disney catalog: "Femininity" (where Walley and Mills teach Wendy Turner how to act like a woman!) and "The Pink of Perfection" (Mills' and Hodges' duet, in reference to Walley's snooty character).
Harmless, good, clean fun for the most part, but not in the same league as "Mary Poppins".