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Summer Magic

Summer Magic

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

19636.61h 50m

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

Directed by James Neilson
Written by Sally Benson, Kate Douglas Wiggin
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Top Cast

Hayley Mills

Hayley Mills

Nancy Carey

Burl Ives

Burl Ives

Osh Popham

Dorothy McGuire

Dorothy McGuire

Mrs. Margaret Carey

Deborah Walley

Deborah Walley

Julia Carey

Una Merkel

Una Merkel

Mariah Popham

Eddie Hodges

Eddie Hodges

Gilly Carey

Michael J. Pollard

Michael J. Pollard

Digby Popham

Peter Brown

Peter Brown

Tom Hamilton

James Stacy

James Stacy

Charles Bryant

James Mathers

James Mathers

Peter Carey (as Jimmy Mathers)

Themes & Keywords

small townbased on novel or bookwidowmusicalmaine

About Summer Magic

Summer Magic is a music, comedy, family film released in 1963 exploring themes of small town, based on novel or book, widow, musical, maine. Directed by James Neilson, it stars Hayley Mills, Burl Ives, Dorothy McGuire. 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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