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Summer Magic

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Summer Magic is a 1963 Disney live-action musical comedy film directed by James Neilson and starring Hayley Mills, Burl Ives, and Dorothy McGuire. It features seven original songs by The Sherman Brothers.In ragtime-era Boston, widowed Margaret Carey (McGuire) and her three children Nancy (Mills), Gilly (Eddie Hodges), and Peter (Jimmy Mathers), are having financial problems. Nancy inquires about a yellow house in Beulah, Maine, and Osh Popham (Ives), the caretaker acting on behalf of a Mr. Hamilton, offers to rent it to them. When they move in, they find the house in a state of neglect, and with help from Mr. Popham, they begin to make repairs. As the Careys begin to adapt to their new town, they receive a letter asking for their orphaned Cousin Julia (Deborah Walley) to stay with them due to the financial failings of her adoptive parents, the Fergusons. The Careys agree, although Nancy and Gilly are not very glad to have their stuck-up, disagreeable cousin live with them.The film was loosely based on the 1911 novel Mother Careys Chickens by Kate Douglas Wiggin, who also wrote Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm. The novel was previously adapted, under its original title, as a non-musical film in 1938.
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She Cleans Up Nicely
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She Cleans Up Nicely: Lallie Joy, after Nancy and Julia have taught her how to be more feminine.
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Tomboy and Girly Girl
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Tomboy and Girly Girl: Nancy and Julia form such a pair; although not exactly a tomboy, Nancy appears to be one compared to the extremely girly Julia.
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Adapted Out
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Adapted Out: In the novel, the Carey family has four children. The film removes Kitty, leaving Nancy as the only girl. Incidentally, the earlier 1938 film version kept Kitty but removed Julia instead.
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The Edwardian Era
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The Edwardian Era: The opening titles identify the time period as simply "rag," with that word's appearance accompanied by a sudden burst of ragtime music. Nothing more specific is ever specified, but for what it's worth, the source novel was published in 1911.
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Parasol of Prettiness
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Parasol of Prettiness: At the lawn party, Julia carries a parasol that perfectly matches her dress.
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First-Name Basis
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First-Name Basis: After hooking up with Mr. Bryant, Julia calls him "Charles," to Nancy's indignation.
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Small Town Boredom
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Small Town Boredom: Digby wants to move to the city in order to get away from this. Of course, he changes his mind by the end of the movie.
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Not Even Bothering with the Accent
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Not Even Bothering with the Accent: Nancy sure sounds a lot more English than the whole rest of her family, who all sound American.
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Age-Gap Romance
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Age-Gap Romance: Both Julia and Nancy are teenagers in relationships with adult men.
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City Mouse
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City Mouse: The whole family, technically, but they mostly adjust without much trouble. Julia is really the only one who plays it straight.
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Wounded Gazelle Gambit
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Wounded Gazelle Gambit: Osh pretends to have an accident in order to prevent Mariah from talking to the Careys about Mr. Hamilton.
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Fille Fatale
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Fille Fatale: Julia, a young teenager, uses her feminine charms to secure the affection of Charles.
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Pink Means Feminine
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Pink Means Feminine: Throughout the film, Julia is only seen wearing pink and purple tones.
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I Choose to Stay
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I Choose to Stay: At the end, Julia chooses to stay with the Careys instead of going back to the Fergusons.
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Gendered Insult
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Gendered Insult: Some bullies declare that Peter is a "girl" because he has "sissy hair" and then proceed to refer to him with female pronouns. At one point, Julia cattily remarks that Nancy is "so athletic," not-so-subtly hinting that she's mannish.
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Going Down with the Ship
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Going Down with the Ship: According to Mariah, Mrs. Griswold "went down on the wreck off Nantucket Light" and "insisted on goin' down with the ship. Everybody else was saved, crew and captain."
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Dry Crusader
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Dry Crusader: Mrs. Griswold, the old woman whose portrait gets passed off as Mr. Hamilton's mother. Mariah raves that "the demon rum would've been chased off the New England coast" had she lived. Despite the implication that Mariah herself is also this trope, she later has an I Need a Freaking Drink moment.
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Book on the Head
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Book on the Head: Lallie Joy practices walking with books on her head when Nancy and Julia are teaching her how to be feminine.
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Hands-On Approach
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Hands-On Approach: At the lawn party, Charles shows Julia how to play croquet, much to her delight.
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Exact Words
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Exact Words: It turns out Osh has been writing letters to Mr. Hamilton. He just hasn't been mailing them.
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