Pollyanna (Vault Disney Collection) | 
| Director: David Swift
Actors: Mary Grace Canfield, Gage Clarke, Kevin Corcoran, Donald Crisp, Leora Dana
Studio: Walt Disney Video
Category: DVD
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Rating:  66 reviews
Sales Rank: 776
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dvd, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), Spanish (Subtitled)
Rating: G (General Audience)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.75:1
Number Of Discs: 2
Running Time: 134 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: DISD21565D
ISBN: 0788826492
UPC: 786936143928
EAN: 9780788826498
ASIN: B00005RRGB
Theatrical Release Date: May 19, 1960
Release Date: May 7, 2002
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Optimism shines in this classic 1960 Disney film starring Hayley Mills. When the newly orphaned Pollyanna comes to live with her wealthy aunt in Harrington Town, life looks promising. Despite her aunt's insistence on propriety and modesty, Pollyanna's cheerful, optimistic ways spread throughout the town--converting even a cantankerous recluse and a whining hypochondriac. Only Aunt Polly has trouble welcoming her young niece into her heart. In a clash between the townspeople and Aunt Polly over local politics, it's Pollyanna's influence that helps individual townspeople find the inner strength to stand up for their own beliefs. When Pollyanna is involved in a serious accident, Aunt Polly finally realizes how much she loves her niece. Can Aunt Polly and the entire town somehow restore Polly's optimism and ensure a full recovery? Pollyanna is wholesome entertainment that will leave the entire family eager to play the "glad game." --Tami Horiuchi
Product Description
A young girl comes to an embittered town and confronts its attitude with her determination to see the best in life. Studio: Buena Vista Home Video Release Date: 03/18/2003 Starring: Hayley Mills Jane Wyman Run time: 134 minutes Rating: G
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 A classic film that will revive your spirit of optimism! June 29, 2009
Jaimito (NYC)
For many years, had heard and also used the phrase "Pollyanna" to indicate a certain positive disposition towards life situations. After seeing the film and the story behind the scenes as told by Haley Mills and the director this summer (2009), have a whole new appreciation for the term and the Pollyanna point of view that can actually be very healthy and sincerely happy.
 Pollyanna June 26, 2009
Pollyanna (Vault Disney Collection)
The movie was great, and I was there when they were making one of the scenes in the movie. but seeing how the entire movie was made is also part of the pleasure of the viewing. If you have ever wondered "HOW DID THEY DO THAT", view the second part of the movies. It may take away from some of the mystery, but it is also great to know, at least for me.
Great Addition June 16, 2009
Nadine N. Arabie (Youngsville, LA)
I have been trying to get movies that my daughter will enjoy and I will not have to worry about the content. I remember this movie when I was a little GIRL. I enjoyed it then and am enjoying it now.
 "Here it comes. Ms. Goody Two Shoes is going to find something about Sunday to be glad about." June 3, 2009
H. Bala (Carson - hey, we have an IKEA store! - CA USA)
The term Pollyanna had already been floating around for decades when, in 1960, Disney released a film adapted from Eleanor H. Porter's classic 1913 novel. At the time critics were predicting doom and gloom for the Disney movie and, in fact, it apparently didn't fare too well in the box office. In 1960 folks had become cynical enough and were leery of checking out a film featuring that endlessly optimistic little glad girl. As it turns out POLLYANNA, starring an excellent Hayley Mills in her Disney debut, is actually a pretty good family flick and a well done slice of Americana circa 1912. But, yes, color it very sentimental.
When her missionary father dies, eleven-year-old Pollyanna Whittier comes to live with her stern wealthy Aunt Polly in the morose little New England town of Harrington. Harrington is named after Pollyanna's grandfather, and as such Aunt Polly feels that she has a certain standard to uphold, certain obligations. Aunt Polly's influence spans deep and wide in the little community. She regularly administers charity on her neighbors, whether they like it or not.
Pollyanna's father had long ago taught her to play the Glad Game, in which she is encouraged to look for the silver lining in every cloud. Pollyanna, newly moved in with her aunt, quickly begins to spread around her brand of sunshine, and her positive disposition soon garners her the "glad girl" nickname. In the face of such relentless optimism, the dour and dispirited residents of Harrington can't help but perk up. In short order, Pollyanna softens up both the meanest man and the crabbiest woman in town, plays matchmaker to several couples, and injects enough of a backbone into the cowed community so that it stands up to Aunt Polly's well-mannered tyranny, this last part having to do with a run-down orphanage in dire need of being razed and rebuilt (except that Aunt Polly wants the orphanage to remain as is).
I saw this a long time ago as a kid, and I loved it back then. In watching it again as an adult, I was afraid that I would find it too cloying. But that wasn't so, not for me, anyway. POLLYANNA is as I remembered it, a warm, wholesome, entertaining family movie. And, yes, it does showcase the power of positive thinking. In fact, the central character invests the film with such a sense of rah-rah that it's a mild jolt when we arrive at the church scene in which the reverend Karl Malden goes on to rage and rant in his thunderous "Death comes unexpectedly!" sermon. Karl Malden is only one of the several well-known cast supporting Hayley. I thought that Jane Wyman, Agnes Moorehead, Adolphe Menjou, Nancy Olson, and Richard Egan were all very good. But, as always, when she's in a movie, it's really all about Hayley Mills. Others, including director David Swift, have commented before on how Hayley is so very spot on with her acting instincts. Pollyanna Whittier is a precarious part to play, as whosoever takes on the role will always be hard pressed to stay away from schmaltzy territory. But - and factor in, too, that this is only her second film - Hayley is savvy enough and accomplished enough and so darn appealing that she manages to offset the saccharine stuff. And, luckily for Hayley, there are moments in the film when Pollyanna seems to actually get fed up playing the Glad Game. Those moments are breaths of fresh air, and I actually liked Pollyanna better for demonstrating a less saintly side; it makes her more believable. With that said, I - rugged, brawny dude that I am - in recently watching this film, still got that lump caught in the throat when the whole town showed up in Aunt Polly's mansion to wish the gravely injured Pollyanna well. For those wondering if Pollyanna ever did get better, well, I believe Eleanor H. Porter wrote a sequel.
Not too surprising that, during her stay at Disney, Hayley Mills ruled as America's top child actress (never mind that she's British). My favorite Hayley Mills flicks are THE PARENT TRAP (The Parent Trap (1961) and The Parent Trap II (1986): 2-Movie Collection (2-Disc Set)) and That Darn Cat!, but POLLYANNA, a well-done film and still quite watchable, ranks right up there. It was certainly special enough that it garnered Hayley a special Oscar in 1961. Try to find a cloud in that silver lining.
Pollyanna May 25, 2009
This is a wonderful movie. I loved it since I saw it when I was a little girl. I have been searching for this movie and I finally own it. It is a movie that I am looking forward to share with my daughter.
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