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Pollyanna (1960)

Starring: Hayley Mills, Jane Wyman, Agnes Moorehead, Karl Malden
Director: David Swift
PollyannaThis film has gotten a bad rap, plain and simple.  But plain and simple, it's amazing.

For years, I've heard the label "Pollyanna" used to derogatorily describe a stupid and naive person whose insipid optimism would otherwise have a weakening effect on "smarter" people.  After seeing this film, however, hearing the superior logic behind optimism changed something in me forever.  A true "Pollyanna" is not a weak person, but someone who is strong and valuable beyond easy reckoning.

The story revolves around a recently orphaned girl named, yes, you guessed it... Pollyanna (Hayley Mills).  She is sent to live with her Aunt Polly in Harrington Town, a town all too dominated by a cancerous cynicism in its citizens... and a town in which Pollyanna will work wonders.
Added by Orion Reasoner
on 7/24/2004, 11:56am

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