Other mistake: When Pollyanna and Aunt Polly are trying on clothes, Pollyanna puts on a hat that is flat. Aunt Polly shakes her head and then she approves of another hat that is fuller. At church Pollyanna is wearing the flat hat.
Pollyanna (1960)
1 other mistake
Directed by: David Swift
Starring: Karl Malden, Hayley Mills, Jane Wyman, Richard Egan
Continuity mistake: Before Pollyanna arrives on the train, when Jimmy Bean pushes the metal hoop down the road, two girls stop their doll carriages right beside each other and grab their dolls, but in the next shot their carriages are about 4 feet apart, which is now wide enough for Jimmy to run between. (00:01:10)
Reverend Paul Ford: We looked for the good in them, and we found it, didn't we?
Trivia: When the exterior of Aunt Polly's lovely four story gabled house is seen, everything above the second story is actually a matte painting.
More questions & answers from Pollyanna
Answer: Yes, it would have been dangerous. Even though not as much was known about spinal cord injuries in that time period, it's unlikely a patient would have been moved that way. However, this appears to be more of an artistic license for the purpose of the movie plotting. It avoids Pollyanna awkwardly being moved on a stretcher, loading her onto the train, how she is interacting with the townsfolk, etc. It just made for a smoother, quicker and more intimate movie ending.
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