Pollyanna / Walt Disney presents ; associate producer, George Golitzin ; written and directed by David Swift.
Material type:
FilmPublisher number: 21565 | Walt DisneyLanguage: English Original language: English Subtitle language: English, Spanish Series: Vault Disney collectionPublisher: [Burbank, CA] : Walt Disney Home Entertainment, [2002]Distributor: Burbank, California : Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Inc. Copyright date: ©1960Description: 2 videodiscs (approximately 134 min.) : sound, color, stereo ; 4 3/4 inContent type: - two-dimensional moving image
- video
- videodisc
- 0788826492
- 9780788826498
- Director of photography, Russell Harlan ; film editor, Frank Gross ; music, Paul Smith.
- Academy Awards, 1960: Most Outstanding Juvenile Performance (Mills).
- Golden Globes, 1961: Most Promising Newcomer - Female (Mills).
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Eleanor H. Porter's story of Pollyanna, "The Glad Girl," was first filmed in 1920 by Mary Pickford. While entertaining, the Pickford version tended to reduce the supporting characters to stereotypes. Disney's 1960 remake of Pollyanna wisely offers three-dimensional characterizations, enhancing the charm and believability of the story. In her first Disney film (indeed, her first American film), Hayley Mills stars as Pollyanna, an orphan girl sent to live with her wealthy aunt Polly (Jane Wyman). A humorless sort, Aunt Polly is taken aback by Pollyanna's insistence upon seeing the happy side of everything. With her best friend and fellow orphan, Jimmy Bean (Kevin "Moochie" Corcoran), Pollyanna spreads her sunshine all over town, transforming such local curmudgeons as hypochondriac Mrs. Snow (Agnes Moorehead), hellfire-and-brimstone Reverend Ford (Karl Malden), and reclusive Mr. Pendergast (Adolphe Menjou) into positive, life-affirming sorts. This she does not by being simpering or syrupy, but by applying common sense and refusing to indulge anyone's self-pity. Only Aunt Polly refuses to warm up. As the owner of the town orphanage, Aunt Polly will not hear of having a new, more modern facility built, and when handsome Dr. Chilton (Richard Egan) stages a charity bazaar in defiance of Aunt Polly, Pollyanna is forbidden to attend. She escapes to the bazaar by climbing down the tree next to her upstairs window; but when trying to return home, Pollyanna falls and injures her legs. Facing possible permanent paralysis, the "Glad Girl" is for the first time disconsolate and pessimistic. Her spirits are uplifted by the townsfolk whom she's helped, and finally by Aunt Polly, who's realized the folly of her stubbornness. Ebulliently optimistic once more, Pollyanna leaves town for an operation, as the townsfolk cheer her up and cheer her on. Possibly because it was perceived as having only little-girl appeal (a false perception indeed), Pollyanna was not the big hit that it should have been in 1960. Its latter-day reputation as one of Disney's finest features rests primarily on its many successful television showings. The film was remade for television with an all-black cast as Polly in 1989. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
DVD, NTSC, region 1, dual layer; Dolby digital 5.1 surround, THX certified.
English dialogue, with option subtitles in Spanish; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Jane Wyman, Richard Egan, Karl Malden, Nancy Olson, Adolphe Menjou, Donald Crisp, Agnes Moorehead, Hayley Mills.
Director of photography, Russell Harlan ; film editor, Frank Gross ; music, Paul Smith.
Based on the novel by Eleanor H. Porter.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1960.
Aspect ratio 1.75:1; enhanced for 16x9 televisions.
MPAA rating: G.
A young orphan brings sunshine into the lives of everyone she meets with her optimistic outlook on life.
Special features: Disc one. Audio commentary with David Swift and Hayley Mills ; Nifty nineties theatrical animated short -- Disc two. Pollyanna, making of a masterpiece ; Re-creating Pollyanna's America ; 1912! ; Lost treasures, Walt Disney TV introductions ; Production archives ; 1960 Disney studio album.
Academy Awards, 1960: Most Outstanding Juvenile Performance (Mills).
Golden Globes, 1961: Most Promising Newcomer - Female (Mills).
Disc 1 -- Audio commentary with David Swift and Hayley Mills, original theatrical animated short, Nifty nineties -- Disc 2 -- Pollyanna: making a masterpiece, re-creating Pollyanna's America, 1912!, Lost treasures: Walt Disney TV introductions, production archives, 1960 Disney studio album.