Title: The Original Parent Trap
Product review: This is the original version of the parent trap. I did like the newer 1998 version slightly more. But, this movie has some good moments. The movie is from Erich Kastner's "Das doppelte Lottchen" (Lisa and Lotte-The English title.) In the book the girls are about nine years old. In the Hayley Mills version the girls are 13 years old.There is a lot of typical Disney slapstick. The best part is when the girls finally realize that they are sisters. That was a major "Hanky" moment. The movie features Hayley Mills as the twins (who the previous year won a special Oscar for "Pollyanna". "Parent Trap" made Hayley Mills a pop culture icon. It also featured Brian Keith and Maureen O'Hara as the parents. Some of the slapstick is mean spirited, but in all it is fun. Most of the movie consists of the girls trying to get their parents together again. One of the best parts is the camping trip where the girls play a lot of mean tricks on Vicki.
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