The spinners love dont love nobody it takes a fool by alwayz4ever. The site of the moonspinners inn is now the vritomartes taverna, and after watching the movie i can tell you it, to this day, very much resembles the inn. The coolness of the owner is only outdone by the surliness of her brother stratos eli wallach, recently back from london. The young people survive a series of dangerous escapades with desperately serious criminals who try twice to kill. The book is oldfashioned but in a i found this in the new books to be shelved cart at my library. The film opens with the two ladies trying to cope on a bus with a dead fish swinging above them. Set on the island of crete, the moonspinners is an engaging mysteryadventure which stars hayley mills as nikky ferris. Young english girl nikky ferris hayley mills and her aunt frances joan greenwood arrive at the moonspinners, a hotel on crete, to a less than enthusiastic welcome. Nikky is a british girl vacationing in greece with her aunt francis joan greenwood. It was the first book of hers i had read and it led me to search for and purchase all of her writings. The moonspinners 1964 a young englishman peter mcenery joins a young englishwoman hayley mills in a jeweltheft mystery on the isle of crete.
Rovers away great to meet up with our lancashire best mate daniel heywood now on for 3 points. It featured the legendary silent film actress pola negri in her final screen performance. The moonspinners is a 1964 american walt disney productions feature film starring hayley mills. As far as the actual plot of the movie goes, the moonspinners is a mildly exciting adventure on the island of crete with a coming of age hayley mills.
The moonspinners 1964 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. The acting is fine,and the movie is enjoyable enough. Produced by walt disney productions, the film was based upon a 1962 suspense novel by mary stewart and was directed by james neilson. The moonspinners is the tale of a young british girl on vacation on the island of crete with her aunt who is working on assignment for the bbc. I was a great fan of hayley mills when i was a kid. Moon spinners film in minos beach art hotel minos beach. Young english girl nikky and her aunt arrive at the moonspinners, a hotel on crete, to a less than enthusiastic welcome. Disney family movies the castaway vintage disney good movies walt disney in this moment film concert youtube. While the moonspinners is hardly a great film, it is notable for being much more serious than most live action disney films. The moonspinners was the fifth disney film to feature hayley mills, who was named a disney legend in 1998. Its one of those books written so lovingly about its location that you fall in love with the place. Stolen jewels, a dash of danger, and romance season this hitchcocklike mystery thriller with comic flair for the whole family.
The moonspinners is a family friendly thriller produced by disney during the mid1960s. The moonspinners 1982 cbs walt disney promo youtube. The moon spinners is definitely one of mary stewarts best. As is the case with nearly all of the studios films of the period this stars the annoyingly perky hayley mills in the lead role. The moonspinners mindless musings and other things i. The moonspinners set against the sunbleached beauty of the isle of crete, the story pits a young english tourist against a wily greek jewel thief. My friend wanted to visit this place as used in movie the moonspinners haley mills set in crete.
Pola negri as madame habib in the film moon spinners 1964. The moonspinners is a 1964 american mystery film starring hayley mills, eli wallach and peter mcenery in a story about a jewel thief hiding on the island of crete. The moonspinnerss profile including the latest music, albums, songs, music videos and more updates. Travelling through crete to collect folk songs for the bbc, a british teen and her aunt stumble upon local criminals who are peddling gems stolen from a london bank. Based on a novel by mary stewart, walt disneys the moonspinners 1964. While in elounda we stopped for a smoothie and showed the waiter a picture of the three windmills from the opening credits.
Mills had previously starred in pollyanna 1960, the parent trap 1961, in search of the castaways 1962, and summer magic 1963 for the company, and she subsequently starred in that darn cat 1965 for disney. Moonspinners, the film on vacation in greece, an english woman and her young niece, nikky, stumble into the midst of intrigue involving a young englishman and jewel thieves who have hidden their loot in the vicinity of the tourist hotel. Our heroine meets a nice guy peter mcenery, whom for some reason doesnt get along with eli wallach, the owner of the inn where they all are staying. Pdf download the moonspinners rediscovered classics read full ebook. Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on youtube. I guess its because of the story line and the cast. The film linked at colchester movie international on april, 1910 in the belgium. The moonspinners by james neilson hayley mills, eli. With hayley mills, eli wallach, pola negri, peter mcenery. It was happened by good author jorgia destiney, suggested by annmaria rexana and competed by fortress pictures.
The moonspinners with a mixture of american, english and greek talents, engaged in a silly but zestful tale of villainy undone, told against some photogenic landscapes, moonspinners naturally. Minos beach art hotel had the pleasure to accommodate, micky mouse s father the old time classic walt disney and most of the team of the movie production moon spinners in a story about a jewel thief hiding on the island of crete. While staying at the moonspinners hotel on crete, mills meets young mcenery, whom she later discovers wounded, in a deserted church, after he is shot by an associate of the hotels owner wallach. When the two women arrive in a small coastal town to stay at the local inn, sophia the innkeeper refuses to let the two stay at her inn. The stories are suspenseful, there is always a hint of romance, and the ending is not always obvious a problem in some so called mysteries. Mistaken identities and perilous escapes including a nailbiting battle with a windmill lead the juniormiss detective to a final confrontation aboard the yacht of an eccentric millionaire. The moonspinners 1964 stream and watch online moviefone. Hayley mills is positively radiant in the moonspinners 1964, a liveaction mystery thriller from disney that can be enjoyed by the whole family. Until the last fifteen minutes or so, when hayley mills encounters pola negri, moonspinners avoids that winkingslightlyatthecamera kind of comedy that is the hallmark of so much of the studios work, especially in the 1960s. The moon spinners 1964 funny moment youtube this is a sequence from the 1964 walt disney movie the moonspinners, directed by james neilson. Released 1964, the moonspinners stars hayleymills, eliwallach, petermcenery, polanegri the pg movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 58 min, and received a score of out of 100 on metacritic, which. See more ideas about movies, hailey mills and disney movies. The moonspinners movie tv listings and schedule tv guide. Based on the mary stewart novel of the same name the film tells the story of a young girl and her aunt who move into the eponymous hotel on the island of crete but receive a.
The moonspinners 1964 leonard maltin introduction youtube. The moonspinners was mills fifth of six films for disney, and featured the legendary silent film actress pola negri in her final screen. Jul 12, 2016 this is one of my favorite movies of hayley mills. The moonspinners 1964 free download the moonspinners is a 1900 saudi reality experimental film based on dayton judah magazine. A scene from the 1964 disney movie the moon spinners. Could it be im falling in love the spinners by sun. The moonspinners 1964 now that hayley mills was an 18 year old young women, walt disney was looking for more mature roles to branch out her talents as well as a way to diversify to typical type of films he was known for. Season with hitchcocklike intrigue and comic flair. Lovely large taverna for 5 generations, we had baked feta and tomatoes and was lovely, then compliment fruit. Posted by the animation commendation in uncategorized. The moonspinners 1964 my live action disney project.