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Pollyanna

  • 1920
  • TV-G
  • 58m
IMDb RATING
6.4/10
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Howard Ralston and Mary Pickford in Pollyanna (1920)
FamilyComedyDrama

An orphan's optimistic outlook brings a change to the ill-tempered town in which she resides to her aunt.An orphan's optimistic outlook brings a change to the ill-tempered town in which she resides to her aunt.An orphan's optimistic outlook brings a change to the ill-tempered town in which she resides to her aunt.

  • Director
    • Paul Powell
  • Writers
    • Eleanor H. Porter
    • Catherine Chisholm Cushing
    • Frances Marion
  • Stars
    • Mary Pickford
    • Wharton James
    • Katherine Griffith
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    • IMDb RATING
    6.4/10
    474
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Paul Powell
    • Writers
      • Eleanor H. Porter
      • Catherine Chisholm Cushing
      • Frances Marion
    • Stars
      • Mary Pickford
      • Wharton James
      • Katherine Griffith
    • 18User reviews
    • 3Critic reviews
  • See production, box office & company info
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    Katherine Griffith and Mary Pickford in Pollyanna (1920)
    Katherine Griffith, Howard Ralston, and Mary Pickford in Pollyanna (1920)
    Howard Ralston and Mary Pickford in Pollyanna (1920)
    Mary Pickford in Pollyanna (1920)
    Katherine Griffith and Mary Pickford in Pollyanna (1920)
    Katherine Griffith and Mary Pickford in Pollyanna (1920)
    Howard Ralston and Mary Pickford in Pollyanna (1920)
    George Berrell, William Courtleigh, Helen Jerome Eddy, Katherine Griffith, Mary Pickford, and Herbert Prior in Pollyanna (1920)
    Mary Pickford in Pollyanna (1920)
    Mary Pickford in Pollyanna (1920)
    Pollyanna (1920)

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    Mary Pickford
    Mary Pickford
    • Pollyanna Whittier
    Wharton James
    • Rev. John Whittier
    • (as J. Wharton James)
    Katherine Griffith
    Katherine Griffith
    • Aunt Polly
    Helen Jerome Eddy
    Helen Jerome Eddy
    • Nancy Thing
    George Berrell
    George Berrell
    • Old Tom
    Howard Ralston
    • Jimmy Bean
    William Courtleigh
    William Courtleigh
    • John Pendleton
    Herbert Prior
    Herbert Prior
    • Dr. Chilton
    Doc Crane
    Doc Crane
    • Bit Role
    • (uncredited)
    Joan Marsh
    Joan Marsh
    • Bit Role
    • (uncredited)
    Frederick Peters
    Frederick Peters
    • Bit Role
    • (uncredited)
    Gordon Sackville
    Gordon Sackville
    • Bit Role
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Paul Powell
    • Writers
      • Eleanor H. Porter(based on the book by)
      • Catherine Chisholm Cushing(based on: the 4-act comedy by)
      • Frances Marion(adaptation)
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    • Trivia
      Of this film, screenwriter Frances Marion said, "We proceeded with the dull routine of making a picture we both thought nauseating . . . I hated writing it, Mary [Mary Pickford] hated playing it."
    • Alternate versions
      In 1972, the Mary Pickford Co. copyrighted a version with an organ score played played by Gaylord Carter. Produced by Matty Kemp, it runs 60 minutes, about 2 of which is a historical introduction.
    • Connections
      Featured in Mary Pickford: A Life on Film (1997)
    • Soundtracks
      Rock-a-Bye Baby
      (1884)
      Written by Effie I. Canning
      Lyrics in an intertitle when Pollyanna sings to her dying father
      Played on organ by Gaylord Carter in the alternate version

    User reviews18

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    The original version, short and sweet.
    "Pollyanna" (United Artists, 1920), directed by Paul Powell, stars Mary Pickford, then age 27, playing a 12-year-old orphaned daughter of a missionary whose inextinguishable optimism brings joy and hope into the life of her new guardian, Aunt Polly (Katherine Griffith). Also featured in the cast are Wharton James and Helen Jerome-Eddy.

    Enjoyable silent comedy-drama, compliments of Blackhawk Video, with organ score by Gaylord Carter, which for me is a BIG plus. This version runs 60 minutes, only 70 minutes shorter than the latter 1960 Walt Disney remake that starred Hayley Mills. I've seen both versions and enjoy them equally. As written in the opening titles, "Pollyanna" became Mary Pickford's first feature for United Artists. (For the record, American Movie Classics premiered this rarely seen gem on May 30, 2000, at 1 a.m.).
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    • lugonian
    • Apr 24, 2001

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    • Release date
      • January 18, 1920 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • El ruiseñor del pueblo
    • Filming locations
      • Alabama Hills, Lone Pine, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Mary Pickford Company
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    • Budget
      • $300,000 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      58 minutes
    • Sound mix
      • Silent
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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