Summer Magic (1963)

★ 6.6 1h 50m IMDb
Comedy Family Music

Mother Carey, a Bostonian widow, and her three children move to Maine. Postmaster Osh Popham helps them move into a run-down old house and fixes it up for them. It's not entirely uninhabited, though; the owner, Mr. Hamilton, is a mysterious character away in Europe, but Osh assures them he won't mind their living there, since he won't be coming home for a long time yet. The children and a cousin who comes to live with them have various adventures before an unexpected visitor shows up

Summer Magic

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Cast

Hayley Mills
Hayley Mills as Nancy Carey Age 80 · Marylebone, London, England, UK Hayley Catherine Rose Vivien Mills (born 18 April 1946) is an English actress. The daughter of Sir John Mills and Mary Hayley Bell, and younger sister of actress Juliet Mills, Mills began her acting c...
Burl Ives
Burl Ives as Osh Popham Died 1995 · Hunt City, Illinois, USA From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Burl Icle Ivanhoe Ives (June 14, 1909 – April 14, 1995) was an American singer and actor of stage, screen, radio and television. Ives began as an itinerant sing...
Dorothy McGuire
Dorothy McGuire as Mrs. Margaret Carey Died 2001 · Omaha, Nebraska, USA Dorothy Hackett McGuire was an American actress from the 1940s to 1990. Some of her movies include: Gentleman's Agreement (nominated for the Best Actress Academy Award for this film), The Enchanted Co...
Deborah Walley
Deborah Walley as Julia Carey Died 2001 · Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Deborah Walley (12 August 1941-10 May 2001) was an American actress. Description above from the Wikipedia article Deborah Walley, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full l...
Una Merkel
Una Merkel as Mariah Popham Died 1986 · Covington, Kentucky, USA Southerner Una Merkel was a popular American stage, screen, and television actress. In movies, while often cast as the female lead, she more typically appeared in prominent supporting roles..
Eddie Hodges
Eddie Hodges as Gilly Carey Age 79 · Hattiesburg, Mississippi, USA
Director James Neilson
Cast Hayley Mills, Burl Ives, Dorothy McGuire, Deborah Walley, Una Merkel, Eddie Hodges, Michael J. Pollard, Peter Brown, James Stacy, James Mathers

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r96sk 6/10 Jul 17, 2020
Another one to put in the 'meh' category of live-action Disney.

<em>'Summer Magic'</em> isn't entertaining. You have Hayley Mills (Nancy), Burl Ives (Osh) and Dorothy McGuire (Margaret) all giving alright performances but most others things in this film are very plain.

The musical numbers are forgettable, as is the overall premise and supporting cast under Mills, Ives and McGuire. I have most definitely seen worse from the studio, this is still at least watchable. Going back to the plot, it just feels a bit slapped together without much thought or solid connection. The film ends quite abruptly, too.

1963, it's safe to say, wasn't Disney's strongest year for live-action. This adds to the disappointments of <em>'Son of Flubber'</em>, <em>'Miracle of the White Stallions'</em> and <em>'Savage Sam'</em>. Here's hoping <em>'The Incredible Journey'</em> will conclude their releases from these twelve months on a high.

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