Pollyanna (1960)

Director:

David Swift

Writers:

Eleanor H. Porter (novel)
David Swift (writer)

Release Date:

19 May 1960 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Family | Romance

Tagline:

Just wonderful entertainment!

Plot:

A young girl comes to an embittered town and confronts it's attitude with her determination to see the best in life.

Plot Keywords:

Orphanage | Tree | Clothes | Dysfunctional Family | Accident

Awards:

Nominated for BAFTA Film Award. Another 1 win

Cast

Jane Wyman	...	Aunt Polly
Richard Egan	...	Dr. Edmond Chilton
Karl Malden	...	Reverend Paul Ford
Nancy Olson	...	Nancy Furman
Adolphe Menjou	...	Mr. Pendergast
Donald Crisp	...	Mayor Karl Warren
Agnes Moorehead	...	Mrs. Snow
Kevin Corcoran	...	Jimmy Bean
James Drury	...	George Dodds
Reta Shaw	...	Tillie Lagerlof
Leora Dana	...	Mrs. Paul Ford
Anne Seymour	...	Mrs. Amelia Tarbell
Edward Platt	...	Ben Tarbell
Mary Grace Canfield	...	Angelica
Jenny Egan	...	Mildred Snow
Gage Clarke	...	Mr. Murg
Ian Wolfe	...	Mr. Neely
Nolan Leary	...	Mr. Thomas
Edgar Dearing	...	Mr. Gorman
Hayley Mills	...	Pollyanna
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Paul Frees	...	Barker (uncredited) (voice)
Stephanie Gorman	...	Girl singing 'America, America' (uncredited)
Harry Harvey	...	Editor (uncredited)
Jon Lormer	...	Mr. Geary (uncredited)
William Newell	...	Mr. Hooper (uncredited)
Charles Seel	...	Train Conductor (uncredited)
David Swift	...	Fireman (uncredited)

Directed by
David Swift

Writing credits
Eleanor H. Porter		(novel)
David Swift		(writer)

Produced by
George Golitzen	....	associate producer (as George Golitzin)
Walt Disney	....	producer (uncredited)

Original Music by
Paul J. Smith		(as Paul Smith)

Cinematography by
Russell Harlan		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Frank Gross

Art Direction by
Carroll Clark
Robert Clatworthy

Set Decoration by
Emile Kuri
Fred M. MacLean		(as Fred MacLean)

Costume Design by
Walter Plunkett

Makeup Department
Pat McNalley	....	makeup artist
Ruth Sandifer	....	hair stylist

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Joseph C. Behm	....	assistant director (as Joseph Behm)

Sound Department
Robert O. Cook	....	sound supervisor
Dean Thomas	....	sound

Special Effects by
Ub Iwerks	....	special effects

Visual Effects by
Peter Ellenshaw	....	matte artist
Jim Fetherolf	....	assistant matte artist (uncredited)
Albert Whitlock	....	assistant matte artist (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Travers Hill	....	camera operator (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Gertrude Casey	....	costumer
Chuck Keehne	....	costumer

Music Department
Evelyn Kennedy	....	music editor
Franklyn Marks	....	orchestrator

Other crew
Leon Charles	....	dialogue coach
Don DaGradi	....	sequence consultant (as Don Da Gradi)
Walt Disney	....	presenter

Production Companies

• Walt Disney Productions (as A Walt Disney Production)

Distributors

• Buena Vista Distribution Company (1960) (USA) (theatrical)
• RKO (1963) (Japan) (theatrical)
• National Broadcasting Company (NBC) (1963) (USA) (TV) (broadcast premiere)
• Abril Vídeo (19??) (Brazil) (VHS)
• Buena Vista Home Entertainment (BVHE) (2002) (USA) (DVD)

Runtime:

134 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.75 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound Recording)

Certification:

Iceland:L | West Germany:o.Al. | USA:Approved (certificate #19385) (original rating) | USA:G (re-rating) (1992) | Australia:G | Canada:G | Finland:S | Sweden:Btl | UK:U

Filming Locations:

Mableton Mansion - 1015 McDonald Avenue, Santa Rosa, California, USA

Company:

Walt Disney Productions

Trivia:

Roy Disney, studio business head and brother to Walt, issued thousands of "Pollyanna Photo Locket Necklaces" as a promotional item containing the famous quote attributed to Lincoln in the movie. Discovering the necklace in a gift shop while on vacation with his family, director/screenwriter David Swift called the studio to have the item recalled immediately. Lincoln never said, "When you look for the bad in mankind expecting to find it, you surely will." Swift had simply made it up.

Goofs:

Plot holes: Aunt Polly's entire staff knows that Pollyanna can't come to the bazaar, motivating the cook to bake dozens of cakes to sell, yet when she sneaks out the window and shows up, they all tell her to hurry up and put on her costume so she can be part of the flag, as if they were expecting her to show up despite being forbidden by her Aunt.

Quotes:

Pollyanna Whittier: [petting her aunt's dog] Hello! What's his name, please?
Nancy Furman: *His* name happens to be Elizabeth!
Pollyanna Whittier: Oh, you're a girl! You're lovely.
Nancy Furman: Leave her alone and come along.
Pollyanna Whittier: How - how do I address you, please?
Nancy Furman: Just call me Nancy, same as everyone else.

Movie Connections:

Edited into "Disneyland: Pollyanna: Part 2 (#10.10)" (1963)

Soundtrack:

Early One Morning

Wonderful performances make this worth viewing

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.