A young girl comes to an embittered town and confronts its attitude with her determination to see the best in life.
Acting
Hayley Mills' Oscar-worthy grin that launched a thousand 'glad games'
Production
Glossy Hollywood Vermont that never existed but should have
Costume
1900s white dresses impossibly clean for tree-climbing chaos
Director
David Swift
Hayley Mills
Pollyanna
Jane Wyman
Aunt Polly
Richard Egan
Dr. Edmond Chilton
Karl Malden
Reverend Paul Ford
Nancy Olson
Nancy Furman
Adolphe Menjou
Mr. Pendergast
Donald Crisp
Mayor Karl Warren
Agnes Moorehead
Mrs. Snow
Kevin Corcoran
Jimmy Bean
James Drury
George Dodds
Reta Shaw
Tillie Lagerlof
Leora Dana
Mrs. Ford
Anne Seymour
Amelia Tarbell
Edward Platt
Ben Tarbell
Mary Grace Canfield
Angelica
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