Misty (film) facts for kids
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| Directed by | James B. Clark |
| Produced by | Robert B. Radnitz |
| Screenplay by | Ted Sherdeman |
| Starring | David Ladd |
| Studio | Associated Producers Inc |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
| Release date(s) | 1961 |
| Running time | 91 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Misty is a 1961 children's film based on Marguerite Henry's 1947 award-winning children's book Misty of Chincoteague.
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.
Cast
- David Ladd
- Arthur O'Connell
- Anne Seymour.
The Ash Wednesday storm of 1962
The coastal area on the Atlantic Ocean is no stranger to volatile weather. The year after the film was released, a winter storm, one of the worst Nor'easters to ever occur there, struck. During what came to be known as the Ash Wednesday Storm of 1962, the Beebe family, the real-life owners of Misty, brought her inside their home to weather the storm. Shortly thereafter, she gave birth to a foal, which the children named "Stormy." This prompted author Henry to write a sequel, Stormy, Misty's Foal, published in 1963. Henry had already written a previous sequel, Sea Star: Orphan of Chincoteague, published in 1949.
Legacy of book & film
Possibly due in part to publicity from Ms. Henry's books and the movie, most of Assateague Island was protected from development by the enactment of Federal legislation designating it as Assateague Island National Seashore in 1965, under the administration of the National Park Service.
The annual "Pony Swim" and the auction continue on Virginia's Eastern Shore, helping both the community of Chincoteague and the herd of wild ponies.
Misty, a classic family movie, is available on home video and DVD.
