Pollyanna (1960 film)

Pollyanna
Theatrical release poster
Directed byDavid Swift
Screenplay byDavid Swift
Based onPollyanna
by Eleanor Porter
Produced byWalt Disney
StarringJane Wyman
Richard Egan
Karl Malden
Nancy Olson
Adolphe Menjou
Donald Crisp
Agnes Moorehead
Kevin Corcoran
Hayley Mills
CinematographyRussell Harlan
Edited byFrank Gross
Music byPaul Smith
Production
company
Distributed byBuena Vista Distribution
Release date
  • May 19, 1960 (1960-05-19)
Running time
134 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$2.5 million[1]
Box office$3.75 million (US and Canadian rentals)[2]

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. The film was written and directed by David Swift, based on the 1913 novel Pollyanna by Eleanor H. Porter. The film won Hayley Mills an Academy Juvenile Award. It was the last film of actor Adolphe Menjou.

Pollyanna was Hayley Mills' first of six films for Disney, and the directorial debut of David Swift.

  1. ^ Swift Comes Back for Loot, Not Art Smith, Cecil. Los Angeles Times 29 Nov 1963: C32.
  2. ^ "Disney". Variety. January 18, 1961. p. 24. Retrieved April 27, 2019.