Pollyanna (1920)

Comedia

 

 

Dirigida por
Paul Powell

Guión
Eleanor H. Porter (novel)
Catherine Chisholm Cushing (play

When Pollyanna is orphaned, she is sent to live with her crotchety Aunt Polly. Pollyanna discovers that many of the people in her aunt's New England home town are as ill-tempered as her aunt. But Pollyanna's incurable optimism - exemplified by her "glad game," in which she looks for the bright side of every situation - bring a change to the staid old community.

POLLYANNA, the young orphan of an Ozark missionary, arrives in New England to live with her spinster Aunt Polly, a withdrawn & bitter woman. Through her `Glad Game' - finding joy in every situation - irrepressible Pollyanna slowly begins to change the lives of the entire community, eventually finding the love she so desperately craves.

This splendid family film, based on the Eleanor H. Porter classic, is as spunky & cheerful as its innocent heroine. 28-year old Mary Pickford is wonderfully believable as a little girl. She exhibits the sweet charm which made her the world's most famous celebrity. She dominates her every scene with star quality few others ever possessed.

The spanker is Katherine Griffith who played Mary Pickford's Aunt Polly. Whilst Mary was 28 at the time, she was playing a 12 years old 'glad girl'.

El argumento de esta película lo conocemos todos. Unos años después (1960) Walt Disney la llevó a la pantalla y al estrellato con  Hayley MIlls, pero en esta versión,no hay escenas de azotes.

Es una comedia infantil. Pollyana, una niña huérfana, que tras la muerte de sus padres vive en un orfanato, es sacada de allí por su tío abuelo, un hombre muy rígido y muy rico.

Al parecer en la versión de 1920, Pollyana(Mary Pickford)  es nalgueada por la institutriz (Katherine Griffith)..

 Pollyanna (1920)
 Directed by
Paul Powell

Writing credits
Eleanor H. Porter (novel)
Catherine Chisholm Cushing (play)
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Genre: Family / Comedy / Drama (more)

Cast (in credits order) complete, awaiting verification
Mary Pickford.... Pollyanna Whittier
Wharton James.... Reverend John Whittier
Katherine Griffith.... Aunt Polly Harrington
Helen Jerome Eddy.... Nancy Thing, Polly's Maid
George Berrell.... Old Tom, Polly's Handyman
Howard Ralston.... Jimmy Bean
William Courtleigh.... John Pendleton
Herbert Prior.... Dr. Tom Chilton
rest of cast listed alphabetically
Doc Crane.... (uncredited)
Joan Marsh.... (uncredited)
Frederick Peters.... (uncredited)
Gordon Sackville.... (uncredited)


Directed by
Paul Powell
 
Writing credits
Eleanor H. Porter (novel)


Catherine Chisholm Cushing (play)


Frances Marion (adaptation)


Produced by
Mary Pickford.... producer (uncredited)
Paul Powell.... producer (uncredited)
 
Cinematography by
Charles Rosher
 
Art Direction by
Max Parker
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Alfred L. Werker.... assistant director (uncredited)
 
Crew believed to be complete

Production Companies
Mary Pickford Company [us]
Distributors
Blackhawk Films (video)
Grapevine Video [us] (video)
United Artists [us]
Unknown Video (video)

Runtime: 58 min (18 fps)
Country: USA
Color: Black and White
Sound Mix: Silent