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Summer Magic

Name: Summer Magic
Genre: Music, Comedy, Family
Released: 1963-07-07
Duration: 110 min
Rating: 6.7

★ 6,7 /10 (53 Votes)

1963 EN 110 min

Overview

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

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Release date

07/07/1963

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Popularity

1.3

THAT WONDERFUL HAYLEY! a-flitterin' in a romantic whirl of her own!

Genres

Music Comedy Family

Status

Released

Language

Runtime

110 min

Hayley Mills

Nancy Carey

Burl Ives

Osh Popham

Dorothy McGuire

Mrs. Margaret Carey

Deborah Walley

Julia Carey

Una Merkel

Mariah Popham

Eddie Hodges

Gilly Carey

Michael J. Pollard

Digby Popham

Peter Brown

Tom Hamilton

James Stacy

Charles Bryant

James Mathers

Peter Carey (as Jimmy Mathers)

O.Z. Whitehead

Mr. Perkins

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Wendy Turner

Lallie Joy Popham

Harry Holcombe

Rev. Henry Lord

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Hilda Plowright

Mary

Norman Leavitt

Hank Champlin, the barber (uncredited)

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Jan Stine

Tad Perkins (uncredited)

Eddie Quillan

Boston Mailman (uncredited)

Paul E. Burns

Drinker (uncredited)

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Ina Kent

Opal (uncredited)

Marcy McGuire

Ellen (uncredited)

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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 ab…

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