Comments on: Don’t Call Me a Pollyanna

By: jbl

jbl — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 05:53:54 +0000

Though they didn’t show Pollyanna walking again, it suited the purpose that they got her cheered up again by the time she left town; after all, the doctor said that the main hindrance to the success of the operation was going to be her depressed attitude. I had thought it enough that the townsfolk had cured her depression, and going further would have been anticlimactic.

I am roughly the same age as Hayley Mills, and when I saw this the first time around in 1960, I was quite enchanted with her. Now when I see this movie I find that I am very taken with the look of pure innocence in her face, especially after she has just changed someone’s life (for instance when she is walking away from the preacher after her conversation with him in the field).

By: Mike

Mike — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 03:33:09 +0000

You mean bazaar not bizarre. But a very good review! I just saw the movie with my daughter and was wondering about the paralysis thing. Everyone walks again–in Heidi, The Secret Garden, the Katy series. If POJO’s information is accurate, then I have renewed respect for Walt Disney for not sacrificing credibility for a cheap miracle, and for actually allowing his audience time to grieve and grow a soul.

By: TCM’s Movie Blog

TCM’s Movie Blog — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 02:15:53 +0000

[...] Not to be forgotten is her cranky hypochondriac in Pollyanna (1960), which Suzidoll celebrated here last week. In a rare broadcast just yesterday, the actress appeared as an elegant former prima [...]

By: Suzi Doll

Suzi Doll — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 16:32:18 +0000

Thanks for all the kind remarks about my post.

By: Patricia

Patricia — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 14:20:58 +0000

A favourite Disney of my young years, and one I would dearly love to revisit, is “A Tiger Walks”. I remember that in the picture perfect small town there seemed to be such a polarization between the young heroine and the adults. It fascinated me, along with the story of the missing tiger. The image of Disney films doesn’t always do them justice.

By: rlavoe

rlavoe — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 00:49:06 +0000

Excellent movie and your description of “Pollyanna” was the best I’ve ever read. You most certainly must be a prolific writer to be able to express and touch peoples hearst with your way of writing. I would like to Suggest that you see,if you havn’t already, “Tiger Bay” It shows Hayley mills in totally different type of role.The movie is in its own way a lost classic.

By: POJO

POJO — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 20:51:37 +0000

Thank you TCM for showing the Disney gems. As for Pollyanna, perhaps Mr. Disney wanted the ending to be ambiguous for the many children that couldn’t walk–because of polio etc.–It was a much different world back then. Very few places were accessible to handicapped people. Therapies were not as advanced as they are today. Disney could have ended the movie the way that the book ends –with Pollyanna walking again–but he chose not to….FYI-In the book, Pollyanna is hit by a car–which results in her paralysis—-Also, in one of the many “Pollyanna” books ‘Pollyanna Grows Up’ — also by Porter–Pollyanna and Jimmy Bean get married…and Aunt Polly loses her money…and it isn’t even 2008

By: Nicole

Nicole — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 19:11:14 +0000

Since this week is dedicated to Disney Movies, I thought I would share with everyone that for the entire month of Decemeber, Comcast will have a collection of Disney films available On Demand, any time you want to watch them. So enjoy some of your favorites now.

By: Medusa

Medusa — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 19:01:40 +0000

Lovely blog, and I am really looking forward to watching “Pollyanna” again. Hayley Mills is a wonder, isn’t she? I forgot about the paralysis thing…reminds me how much I used to be fascinated by the Danny Kaye movie “The Five Pennies” when Red Nichols’ daughter runs around in a rainstorm and ends up with polio, and in an iron lung. Iron Lung!! The whole concept used to scare the bejeebers out of me! (There’s famously a Gumby cartoon using Iron Lungs which was no less nightmarish.)

Thanks for this great intro to what awaits us at Movie Morlocks this week!!

By: Mr.Sardonicus

Mr.Sardonicus — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 13:27:30 +0000

Don’t get me wrong.. i’ve always loved disney movies… especially In search of the castaways…. & Robt Newton in treasure island.. & Sean connery in darby O’gill… But They Laid Me off for the holidays!!!!