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We're steadily working our way through the library of classic stories of orphan children, and in Episode 124 of Adapt or Perish we've finally gotten to Pollyanna "Glad Game" Whittier!
In this episode, we discuss:
- Eleanor H. Porter's original 1913 novel
- Pollyanna, the 1920 silent movie, directed by Paul Powell, written by Frances Marion, and starring Mary Pickford
- Pollyanna, the 1960 Disney movie, written and directed by David Swift, and starring Hayley Mills, Jane Wyman, Richard Egan, Karl Malden, Nancy Olson, Agnes Moorehead, and Kevin Corcoran
- Pollyanna, the 1973 miniseries, directed by June Wyndham-Davies, written by Joy Harington, and starring Elizabeth Archard, Elaine Stritch, Ray McAnally, Paul Maxwell, Paddy Frost, and Robert Coleby
- The Story of Pollyanna, Girl of Love, the 1986 anime series, directed by Kōzō Kusuba, and written by Chisako Kuki and Akae Kunihiro
- Polly, the 1989 TV movie musical, directed by Debbie Allen, written by W.F. Blinn, and starring Keshia Knight Pulliam, Phylicia Rashad, Dorian Harewood, Brandon Quintin Adams, Brock Peters, Ken Page, and Celeste Holm
- Pollyanna, the 2004 TV movie, directed by Sarah Harding, written by Simon Nye, and starring Georgina Terry, Amanda Burton, Kenneth Cranham, Aden Gillett, Pam Ferris, David Bamber, Kate Ashfield, and Tom Ellis
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- Pollyanna, the 1973 miniseries, directed by June Wyndham-Davies, written by Joy Harington, and starring Elizabeth Archard, Elaine Stritch, Ray McAnally, Paul Maxwell, Paddy Frost, and Robert Coleby
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