Summer Magic

Summer Magic is a 1963 Walt Disney Productions film starring Hayley Mills, Burl Ives, and Dorothy McGuire in a story about a Boston widow and her children taking up residence in a small town in Maine. The film was based on the novel Mother Careys Chickens by Kate Douglas Wiggin and was directed by James Neilson. The film was Mills fourth of six films for Disney, and the young actress received a Golden Globe nomination for her work.

When the Careys arrive in Beulah they realize theyre slightly outofplace although the town welcomes them. Overall, the Careys find that moving to the country was the best decision for them and theyre content in their new home Summer Magic. But the house is in a shameful state of neglect, and caretaker Osh Popham Burl Ives, against his wifes wishes, offers cheap labor to make the house livable, as well as offering free products from his hardware store. He also steers young Peter in the right direction, trading him a pair of overalls for his Buster Brown suit in which he now feels too citified, and offering him haircut money and carpentry lessons.But just when the Careys are settled in and things are going better, they find out that orphaned Cousin Julias adoptive parents have run into their own financial problems and want to send her to the Careys. They reluctantly agree, and while they get ready for her, Gilly Eddie Hodges and Nancy entertain Peter Jimmy Mathers with jokes about her appearance and snobby, snotty personality Pink of Perfection. When Julia Deborah Walley arrives, shes even worse than her cousins remembered. Part of her welcome seems to include being jumped on by Peters large dog Sam in the middle of the night. Aghast at Beulahs primitive ways, she forces Oshs daughter Lally Joy Wendy Turner to help her bathe in the kitchen rather than lug kettles of hot water up the stairs. ........

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