If you want to see Hayley Mills’ Oscar-winning dual performance (she won a special Juvenile Oscar for this and Pollyanna ) without paying for a Disney+ subscription, is the best digital time capsule available.
: Additional entries for the film are available via the MACSD Archive . the parent trap 1961 internet archive
Sharon goes to California to meet her father, and Susan goes to Boston to meet her mother. The plan works until both parents, confused by the sudden change in their children’s behavior, eventually uncover the ruse. The twins then launch a full-scale operation to reunite their parents, which includes sabotaging the father’s upcoming marriage to a gold-digging young woman named Vicky Robinson (Joanna Barnes). The climax features a chaotic camping trip and a final, heartfelt reconciliation at a hotel in the Sierra Nevadas, where the family is reunited. If you want to see Hayley Mills’ Oscar-winning