
Overview
In this Walt Disney classic, which earned 14-year-old British actress Hayley Mills a special Honorary Academy Award for best Juvenile Performance, the imaginative, optimistic, and inquisitive orphan, Pollyanna Whittier comes to live with her cold, very wealthy Aunt Polly Harrington in 1912. Despite the many rules and roadblocks to happiness set up by her emotionally repressed relative, Pollyanna constantly searches for the small pleasures that brighten her life, and the lives of those around her. However, when something happens that finally threatens to kill Pollyanna's spirit for good, Pollyanna may need more than good will to overcome some harsh realities.
Awards:
1960 - Academy Awards - Honorary Awards - Winner
Main Cast & Crew:
David Swift - Director
Hayley Mills
Jane Wyman
Richard Egan
Karl Malden
Nancy Olson
Adolphe Menjou
Donald Crisp
Agnes Moorehead
Kevin Corcoran
James Drury
Details
- Format: DVD
- Run Time: 135
- Color Format: Color
- UPC: 786936143928
- Genre: Comedy
- Rating: G (MPAA)
- Release Date: May 2002

Movie Reviews
Notes:
The See-Also, "Same Lead Performer" is British actress Hayley Mills.
Shot in Technicolor.
Additional cast: Jenny Egan (Mildred Snow); Gage Clarke (Mr. Murg); and Noland Leary (Mr. Thomas).
Leon Charles was the dialogue coach.
Copyright 1960 The Walt Disney Company.
