Ford is reminded of the truth of that statement when Pollyanna delivers a note from Aunt Polly with recommendations to his sermon content.įirst, Rev. Ford to publicly declare his support for the bazaar by reminding him that "nobody owns a church." Rev. Edmond Chilton tries to persuade the town's minister Rev. Because of the control that Aunt Polly asserts over every facet of the town, however, many people feel reluctant to show their support.Ī group of citizens led by Aunt Polly's ex-boyfriend Dr. The townspeople defy her by planning a carnival to raise funds for a new structure.
When the citizens want a derelict orphanage razed and rebuilt, Aunt Polly opposes the idea, arguing that her father donated the building to the town, and it is an important landmark as such. Pendergast.Īunt Polly's wealth controls most of the town.
In doing so, Pollyanna's positive outlook on everything results in her making a wide variety of friends in the community, including the hypochondriac and grouchy Mrs. Pollyanna is a very cheerful, talkative, and radically optimistic youngster who focuses on the goodness of life and always finds something to be glad about, no matter what the situation is. Pollyanna, a 12-year-old orphaned daughter of missionaries, arrives in the small town of Harrington to live with her rich and strict aunt Polly Harrington in the 1910s. Pollyanna was Hayley Mills' first of six films for Disney, and the directorial debut of David Swift. It was the last film of actor Adolphe Menjou. The film won Hayley Mills an Academy Juvenile Award. The film was written and directed by David Swift, based on the 1913 novel Pollyanna by Eleanor H. Pollyanna is a 1960 American comedy-drama film starring child actress Hayley Mills, Jane Wyman, Karl Malden, and Richard Egan in a story about a cheerful orphan changing the outlook of a small town.
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