Misty (film)

Misty
Original theatrical poster
Directed byJames B. Clark
Screenplay byTed Sherdeman
Based onthe novel Misty of Chincoteague by Marguerite Henry
Produced byRobert B. Radnitz
StarringDavid Ladd
Arthur O'Connell
CinematographyLee Garmes
Leo Tover
Edited byFrederick Y. Smith
Music byPaul Sawtell
Bert Shefter
Color processColor by DeLuxe
Production
company
20th Century Fox
Distributed by20th Century Fox
Release date
  • June 4, 1961 (1961-06-04)
Running time
91 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Misty is a 1961 American CinemaScope children's film based on Marguerite Henry's 1947 award-winning children's book Misty of Chincoteague.[1]

The book tells a story of the special bond that develops between two young orphan children and a centuries-old herd of wild ponies living on an island off the coast of Virginia and a real-life Chincoteague Pony named Misty.[2][3]

  1. ^ "Misty". Monthly Film Bulletin. 28 (324). London: 144. 1 January 1961. ProQuest 1305822132.
  2. ^ "History of Misty of Chincoteague", Misty's Heaven. Retrieved 2015-07-27
  3. ^ IMDb - "Misty" (1961), Plot Summary. Retrieved 2015-08-07

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