Disney Archives - the endless sixties

we all had a crush on janet munro and hayley mills

March 16, 2020October 2, 2018 by Neal

THE ROUND PLACE IN THE MIDDLE is a website devoted to several topics, one of which is movies—mostly older movies. Blog host/chief-cook-and-bottle-washer John Ross seems to love every kind of movie ever made and writes eloquently and enthusiastically about them. His articles and reviews regularly have me borrowing DVDs from the library.

His most recent post is titled “How She Was Made” and addresses a recent interview that Hayley Mills did with film critic Leonard Maltin. READ MORE

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