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Mood:
- Feel GoodTouchingHumorousSentimentalBittersweet
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Plot:
- Coming of AgeFriendshipSmall Town LifeOptimismYouthFamily RelationsSocial RelationsMischievous Children more...
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Genres:
- DramaFamilyAdventure
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Place:
- Small Town
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Audience:
- Family OutingKids
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Based on:
- Based on Book
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Attitudes:
- Semi SeriousRealistic
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Pollyanna, 1960
English
USA
Profile of Pollyanna
Pollyanna can be described as feel good, touching, and bittersweet. The plot revolves around optimism, small town life, and social relations. The main genres are drama, family, and adventure. In approach, Pollyanna is realistic. It is set, at least in part, in a small town. It is based on a book. Pollyanna is well suited for kids and a family outing.
Summary of Pollyanna
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.
Details
| Language: | English |
| Country: | USA |
| Release date: | 19 May 1960 |
| Runtime: | 134 min |
| Awards: | Academy Awards |
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Cast and Crew
as Pollyanna
as Dr. Edmond Chilton
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