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The Parent Trap
(1961)
Pop's love
affair is a 3-ring circus!
Director: David Swift, rated Passed
  Starring: Hayley Mills, Maureen O'Hara, Brian Keith, Joanna
Barnes, Una Merkel, Leo G. Carroll, Charlie Ruggles, Cathleen
Nesbitt, Linda Watkins
"Look, pet. I've tried to be friendly, but I'm going to
marry your father, so you get used to the idea!" - Vicky
Robinson
DML Rating:
★★★★★★★★☆☆
- great
Why watch this? It's
a creative story, featuring an amazing dual-performance by Haley
Mills.
Plot Summary:
Teenage twin sisters, separated at birth due to their parents'
divorce, unexpectedly meet each other for the first time at
summer camp. Realizing they are sisters, the two devise a plan
to switch places after camp to get to know the parent they've
never met. Their ultimate goal, however, is to scheme to reunite
their divorced parents.
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Dad's Preview:
I know this is a girl's story, but I've always secretly
loved it. Hayley Mills always impressed me by playing both
sisters. I also an a huge fan the adult actors: Brian
Keith and Maureen O'Hara. The premise is essentially
"separated at birth" due to a painful divorce - one
child goes with Mom, one with Dad. Then, by chance, the
girls meet a summer camp and figure out they are
connected. The sisters devise a plan to get Mom and Dad
back together again, and renew their family. Mom and
Dad, however, have moved on, so the plan has its
obstacles. It's about the pain caused by divorce, but
told in such a nice, family-oriented, funny way.
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Walt Disney
Prod.; Buena Vista Distributing
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