A young girl comes to live at her aunts stately house and town. But she quickly sees that everyone in that town seems to not be happy. She takes it upon herself to change every ones attitude and see the best in life.
I give this movie a 3.5 out of 5.
Starring Hayley Mills (The Parent Trap, That Darn Cat!, Tiger Bay, Moving On) as Pollyanna, the late Jane Wyman [1917-2007] (Falcon Crest, Magnificent Obsession, The Lost Weekend, All That Heaven Allows) as Aunt Polly, the late Richard Egan [1921-1987] (The 300 Spartans, Love Me Tender, Gog, Capitol) as Dr. Edmond Chilton, the late Karl Malden [1912-2009] (A Streetcar Named Desire, On the Waterfront, Patton, Baby Doll) as Reverend Paul Ford, Nancy Olson (Sunsent Boulevard, Airport 1975, So Big, Bumbbells) as Nancy Furman, the late Adolphe Menjou [1890-1963] (Paths of Glory, The Front Page, Golden Boy, Mittle Miss Marker) as Mr. Pendergast, the late Donald Crisp [1882-1974] (How Green Was My Valley, Broken Blossoms, Jezebel, Wuthering Heights) as Mayor Karl Warren, the late Agnes Moorehead [1900-1974] (Bewitched, Citizen Kane, The Magnificent Ambersons; Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte) as Mrs. Snow, the late Kevin Corcoran [1949-2015] (Old Yeller, Swiss Family Robinson, Toby Tyler or Ten Weeks with a Circus, Sleeper Cell) as Jimmy Bean, James Drury (The Virginian, Forbidden Planet, The Adventures of Brisco County Jr., Hell to Pay) as George Dodds, the late Reta Shaw [1912-1982] (Mary Poppins, Picnic, The Loved One, The Ghost and Mr. Chicken) as Tillie Lagerlof, the late Leora Dana [1923-1983] (3:10 to Yuma; Tora! Tora! Tora!, Kings Go Forth, Amityville 3-D) as Mrs. Paul Ford, the late Anne Seymour [1909-1988] (Field of Dreams, The Subterraneans, All the King' s Men, The Gift of Love) as Mrs. Amelia Tarbell, the late Edward Platt [1916-1974] (North by Northwest, Rebel Without a Cause, Get Smart, Atlanis: The Lost Continent) as Ben Tarbell and the late Mary Grace Canfield [1924-2014] (Green Acres, The Best of Broadway, The Hathaways, Young Goodman Brown) as Angelica.