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Summer Magic

  • 19631963
  • ApprovedApproved
  • 1h 50m
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6.9/10
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Hayley Mills and Peter Brown in Summer Magic (1963)
A Bostonian widow moves with her kids to the country.
Play trailer1:17
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A Bostonian widow moves with her kids to the country.A Bostonian widow moves with her kids to the country.A Bostonian widow moves with her kids to the country.
IMDb RATING
6.9/10
2.5K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
14,056
636
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Director
      • James Neilson
    • Writers
      • Sally Benson(screenplay)
      • Kate Douglas Wiggin(book)
    • Stars
      • Hayley Mills
      • Dorothy McGuire
      • Burl Ives
    Top credits
    • Director
      • James Neilson
    • Writers
      • Sally Benson(screenplay)
      • Kate Douglas Wiggin(book)
    • Stars
      • Hayley Mills
      • Dorothy McGuire
      • Burl Ives
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 42User reviews
    • 12Critic reviews
    • Awards
      • 1 nomination

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    Trailer 1:17
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    Summer Magic (1963)
    Hayley Mills in Summer Magic (1963)
    Hayley Mills, Burl Ives, and Dorothy McGuire in Summer Magic (1963)
    Hayley Mills and Deborah Walley in Summer Magic (1963)
    Hayley Mills, Peter Brown, and Burl Ives in Summer Magic (1963)
    Hayley Mills, Deborah Walley, and Wendy Turner in Summer Magic (1963)
    Hayley Mills and Una Merkel in Summer Magic (1963)
    James Stacy and Deborah Walley in Summer Magic (1963)
    Deborah Walley in Summer Magic (1963)
    Hayley Mills, Eddie Hodges, and Deborah Walley in Summer Magic (1963)
    Hayley Mills in Summer Magic (1963)
    Hayley Mills, Burl Ives, and Deborah Walley in Summer Magic (1963)

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    Hayley Mills
    Hayley Mills
    • Nancy Carey
    Dorothy McGuire
    Dorothy McGuire
    • Margaret Carey
    Burl Ives
    Burl Ives
    • Osh Popham
    Deborah Walley
    Deborah Walley
    • Julia Carey
    Una Merkel
    Una Merkel
    • Mariah Popham
    Eddie Hodges
    Eddie Hodges
    • Gilly Carey
    Michael J. Pollard
    Michael J. Pollard
    • Digby Popham
    Peter Brown
    Peter Brown
    • Tom Hamilton
    James Stacy
    James Stacy
    • Charles Bryant
    James Mathers
    James Mathers
    • Peter Carey
    O.Z. Whitehead
    O.Z. Whitehead
    • Mr. Perkins
    Wendy Turner
    • Lallie Joy Popham
    Harry Holcombe
    Harry Holcombe
    • Henry Lord
    Hilda Plowright
    • Mary
    Paul E. Burns
    Paul E. Burns
    • Drinker
    • (uncredited)
    Norman Leavitt
    Norman Leavitt
    • Barber
    • (uncredited)
    Marcy McGuire
    Marcy McGuire
    • Ellen
    • (uncredited)
    Eddie Quillan
    Eddie Quillan
    • Mailman
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • James Neilson
    • Writers
      • Sally Benson(screenplay)
      • Kate Douglas Wiggin(book)
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

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    • Trivia
      One of the paintings considered by Ossian "Osh" Popham (Burl Ives) to be Mrs. Hamilton is now hanging in the Golden Horseshoe at Disneyland.
    • Quotes

      Margaret Carey: It's Julia. She's coming to live with us.

      Gilly Carey: Oh, no!

      Nancy Carey: Oh, please! Not Julia!

      Margaret Carey: I want you two out of those dying gladiator attitudes! Julia is your cousin and a Carey and I don't want you to forget that, ever. Try to remember that Julia's story is rather a sad one. She never even knew her mother! And after her dear father died, the Fergusons very kindly took her in and raised her.

      Nancy Carey: Kindly took her in? George Ferguson had a guilty conscience. He knew those stocks he sold Julia's father were as worthless as ours.

    • Crazy credits
      Opening credits: PLACE: BOSTON TIME: RAG
    • Connections
      Edited into The Magical World of Disney: Summer Magic: Part 1 (1965)
    • 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)

    User reviews42

    Review
    Top review
    The Pink of Perfection? Not Quite, But...
    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".
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    • laffinsal
    • Apr 8, 2004

    Details

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    • Release date
      • July 7, 1963 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Official site
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Un verano mágico
    • Filming locations
      • Walt Disney Studios, 500 South Buena Vista Street, Burbank, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Walt Disney Productions
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 50 minutes
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.75 : 1

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