Pollyanna (1960 David Swift & scr)

Elenor Porter's novel was published in 1913 - Disney wisely chose not to update it - and there's a sequel 'Pollyanna Grows Up'. The film is refreshingly long and could have even been slightly longer, e.g. another scene or two between Adolphe Menjou (was it really him??) and the boy Kevin Corcoran (also Swiss Family Robinson, Bon Voyage!).

Despite other good turns including Agnes Moorehead, Donald Crisp, Jane Wyman, Nancy Olson (Sunset Boulevard) and  Karl Malden the film resolutely belongs to Hayley Mills, her first film for Disney; for this, she became the last actor to win Oscar's Juvenile Award, aged 14 (first given to Shirley Temple).

The scene where Malden revises his sermon tactics is delightful (and this is probably why they spend so long on his earlier hell-fire versions).