Pollyanna (1960 film)

Pollyanna is a 1960 Walt Disney Productions feature film, starring child actress Hayley Mills, Jane Wyman, Karl Malden, and Richard Egan, in a story about a cheerful orphan changing the outlook of a small town. Based on the novel Pollyanna 1913 by Eleanor Porter, the film was written and directed by David Swift. The film marks Millss first of six films for Disney, and it won the actress an Academy Juvenile Award.

Aunt Pollys wealth controls most of the town, and, when Harrington citizens want a derelict orphanage razed and rebuilt, Aunt Polly opposes the idea. The townspeople defy her by planning a carnival to raise funds for a new structure however, because of the control Aunt Polly asserts over every facet of the town, many people feel reluctant to show their support. Aunt Polly becomes furious about their audacity, and she forbids Pollyanna to participate.A group of citizens, led by Dr. Edmond Chilton Richard Egan, tries to persuade the towns minister, Reverend Mr Ford Karl Malden, to publicly declare his support for the bazaar by reminding him that nobody owns a church. Mr Ford is reminded of the truth of that statement while conversing with Pollyanna, who delivers a note from Aunt Polly with recommendations about his sermon content. ........

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