1h 50min | Comedy, Family, Musical | 7 July 1963 | Color, ws
Director: James Neilson
Stars: Hayley Mills, Dorothy McGuire, Burl Ives, Deborah Walley, Una Merkel, Michael J. Pollard, James Stacy.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057542/
Watched online, ok print.
7 performed songs in the Soundtracks. And yet it doesn't feel like a musical. This is one of those singing on the porch or in the parlor kinds of songs.
This is sappy sweet with lots of familiar faces (even more than listed above), and with some mild drama for balance. But it seemed much longer than its runtime, and is not worth the time it took.
Set in the time when automobiles were new.
Set in the time when automobiles were new.
HM finds a solution to the family trouble (too little $$) by renting a country house, since the rent is waived by overly benevolent rental agent BI. He's also a handyman, and has a dry goods store, so he helps them fix up the home, with wife UM complaining that he's selling supplies under cost. He also sings frequently.
To cause some conflict, snooty cousin DW moves in because she's been booted from her prior residence due to $$ shortage, but she doesn't know that.
New schoolteacher JS and DW pair up, much to HM's dismay, although she will become his pupil in the fall.
Consolation prize for HM: the young owner of the house they're renting. Except, of course, he's the grand prize, and looks older than JS, but somehow we get the impression they're now a pair.
Film ends with no marriages, just the implication of the pairings being set. Really boring, but not quite bad enough for a 5.
Disney, dir. Neilson; 6-
