Summer Magic

Summer Magic

110 mins | Comedy, Family, Music | July 7, 1963

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

110 mins | Comedy, Family, Music | July 7, 1963

Summer Magic
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
IMDb rating 6.9
Producers Walt Disney Productions
Original title Summer Magic
Directors James Neilson
Writers Kate Douglas Wiggin, Sally Benson

Cast

Hayley Mills

as Nancy Carey

Burl Ives

as Osh Popham

Dorothy McGuire

as Mrs. Margaret Carey

Deborah Walley

as Julia Carey

Una Merkel

as Mariah Popham

Eddie Hodges

as Gilly Carey

Michael J. Pollard

as Digby Popham

Peter Brown

as Tom Hamilton

James Stacy

as Charles Bryant

James Mathers

as Peter Carey (as Jimmy Mathers)

O. Z. Whitehead

as Mr. Perkins

Wendy Turner

as Lallie Joy Popham

Harry Holcombe

as Rev. Henry Lord

Hilda Plowright

as Mary

Norman Leavitt

as Hank Champlin, the barber (uncredited)

Jan Stine

as Tad Perkins (uncredited)

Eddie Quillan

as Boston Mailman (uncredited)

Paul E. Burns

as Drinker (uncredited)

Ina Kent

as Opal (uncredited)

Marcy McGuire

as Ellen (uncredited)