The Parent Trap

The Parent Trap


(aka Petticoats and Bluejeans)

Walt Disney, 1961, Color, 129 minutes, ***½

Released June, 1961



Hayley Mills plays a dual role in this charming film (versions of which have hit the silver screen at least three times). She and her twin sister are separated at birth when their parents split up, and one goes with Dad and the other with Mom. Neither parent has told either twin about the separation or the other twin. When they meet - purely by chance - at summer camp, it isn't long before they figure out what happened. They decide to switch places so each can spend some time with the parent they've never met. Really cute film -- Lots of fun!



Hayley sings a couple songs in this film. She may not be the greatest singer in the world, but she has some kind of magic charm rather like Shirley Temple had, and her singing is cute and fun to listen to. One of Hayley's best films.



Produced by: Walt Disney

Associate Producer: George Golitzin

Written for the Screen and Directed by: David Swift

Based on the book "Das Doppelte Lottchen" by Erich Kastner

Assistant Director: Ivan Volkman

Music: Paul Smith

Orchestration: Franklyn Marks

Songs: "The Parent Trap", "For Now For Always", "Let's Get Together"

(by) Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman

Music Editor: Evelyn Kennedy

Art Direction: Carroll Clark, Robert Clatworthy

Set Decoration: Emile Kuri, Hal Gausman

Costumes Designed by: Bill Thomas

Costumers: Chuck Keehne, Gertrude Casey

Make-Up: Pat McNalley

Hair Stylist: Ruth Sandifer

Sound Supervisor: Robert O. Cook

Sound: Dean Thomas

Director of Photography: Lucien Ballard

Special Photographic Effects: Ub Iwerks

Filmed in Technicolor

Film Editor: Philip W. Anderson



Awards: Academy Award nominations for Best Sound (Robert O. Cook) and Best Film Editing (Philip W. Anderson)



Cast: Hayley Mills [Sharon McKendrick / Susan Evans], Maureen O'Hara [Maggie McKendrick], Brian Keith [Mitch Evans], Charlie Ruggles [Charles McKendrick], Una Merkel [Verbena], Leo G. Carroll [Rev. Mosby], Joanna Barnes [Vicky Robinson], Cathleen Nesbitt [Louise McKendrick], Ruth McDevitt [Miss Inch], Crahan Denton [Hecky], Linda Watkins [Edna Robinson], Nancy Kulp [Miss Grunecker], Frank DeVol [Mr. Eaglewood]



Musical Program: [0:00] The Parent Trap (sung behind titles by Tommy Sands and Annette Funicello); [0:10] Let's Get Together (excerpt sung by Annette Funicello offscreen, danced by Haley Mills and Campers); [0:16] Colonel Bogey March (played by Orchestra as Campers go hiking); [0:39] For Now For Always (Maggie's Theme) (short excerpt sung by Maureen O'Hara, picked up in background score); [1:38] Let's Get Together (Hayley Mills double-mixed and split screen as Susan and Sharon singing together); [2:08] For Now For Always (Maggie's Theme) (excerpt sung by Chorus at end of film