The Parent Trap ( 1961 film ) - wikipedia The Parent Trap ( 1961 film ) The Parent Trap Theatrical release poster by Reynold Brown Directed by David Swift Produced by Walt Disney George Golitzen Written by David Swift Based on Lottie and Lisa 1949 novel by Erich Kästner Starring Hayley Mills Maureen O'Hara Brian Keith Music by Songs : Richard M. Sherman Robert B. Sherman Score : Paul J. Smith Cinematography Lucien Ballard Edited by Philip W. Anderson Production company Walt Disney Productions Distributed by Buena Vista Distribution Release date June 21, 1961 ( 1961 - 06 - 21 ) Running time 128 minutes Country United States Language English Box office $25.1 million The Parent Trap is a 1961 Walt Disney Technicolor film. It stars Hayley Mills, Maureen O'Hara and Brian Keith in a story about teenage twins on a quest to reunite their divorced parents. The screenplay by the film 's director David Swift was based upon the 1949 book Lottie and Lisa ( German : Das Doppelte Lottchen ) by Erich Kästner. The Parent Trap was nominated for two Academy Awards, was broadcast on television, saw three television sequels, was remade in 1998 with Lindsay Lohan, and has been released on digital stereo LaserDisc format in 1986 as well as VHS and DVD in 2000. The original film was Mills ' second of six films for Disney. Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Production notes 4 Musical numbers 5 Awards and nominations 6 Subsequent developments 7 Home media 8 See also 9 References 10 External links Plot Identical twins Susan Evers and Sharon McKendrick ( Hayley Mills ) meet at Miss Inch 's Summer Camp for Girls, unaware that they are sisters. Their identical appearance initially creates rivalry, and they pull pranks on each other, which leads to the camp dance being crashed by their mischief. As punishment, they must live together in the isolated `` Serendipity '' cabin ( and eat together at an `` isolation table '' ) for the remainder of their time at summer camp. After finding out that they both come from single parent homes, they soon realize they are twin sisters and that their parents, Mitch ( Brian Keith ) and Maggie ( Maureen O'Hara ), divorced shortly after their birth, with each parent having custody of one of them. The twins, each eager to meet the parent she never knew, switch places. They drill each other on the other 's behavior and lives, and Susan cuts Sharon 's hair into the same style as hers. While Susan is in Boston, Massachusetts masquerading as Sharon, Sharon goes to Carmel, California pretending to be Susan. Sharon telephones Susan in Boston with news that their father is planning to remarry, and that their mother needs to be rushed to California to stop the wedding. In Boston, Susan reveals to her mother the truth about the switched identities and the two fly to California. In California, the twins ( with mild approval from their mother ) scheme to sabotage their father 's marriage plans. Mitch 's money - hungry - and much younger - fiancée Vicky Robinson ( Joanna Barnes ) receives rude, mischievous treatment from the girls and some veiled cattiness from Maggie. One evening, the girls recreate their parents ' first date at an Italian restaurant with a gypsy violinist. The former spouses are gradually drawn together, though they quickly begin bickering over minor things and Vicky. To delay Maggie 's return to Boston with Sharon, the twins dress and talk alike so their parents are unable to tell them apart. They will reveal who is who only after returning from the annual family camping trip. Mitch and Maggie reluctantly agree, but when Vicky discovers and consequently objects to the plan of them spending alone time together in the woods, Maggie tricks her into taking her place instead ( knowing full well that she 's not made for ' the great outdoors ', which might very well prove her undoing ). The girls effect the coup de grâce ; Vicky spends her time swatting mosquitoes ( being tricked by the girls to use sugared water instead of mosquito repellent ) and being awakened in terror by two bear cubs licking honey off her feet which the twins had previously placed there. Exasperated, Vicky finally has a shouting tantrum destroying everything in her path and culminating in angrily slapping one of the girls, leaving Mitch with a whole new - found view of her. When she runs off to escape back to the city in a great huff, Mitch seems none too worried to be rid of her. When Mitch and the girls return from the trip, Maggie greets them with a sumptuous home - cooked meal, and Mitch is immediately reminded and recaptured by her charms. They are soon reminiscing about their past and Mitch admits that he 's missed her dearly which leads to them embracing with a kiss. They admit to each other that neither want nor need grow old alone, which is slowly creeping up on them ; they have no more time to lose. With this they rekindle their love, and the two remarry in the final scene, with the twins, members of the wedding party, elated their plan worked out exactly as they 'd hoped. Cast Hayley Mills as Sharon McKendrick / Susan Evers Brian Keith as Mitch Evers Maureen O'Hara as Maggie McKendrick Joanna Barnes as Vicky Robinson Charlie Ruggles as Charles McKendrick Cathleen Nesbitt as Louise McKendrick Una Merkel as Verbena Leo G. Carroll as Reverend Dr. Mosby Linda Watkins as Edna Robinson Ruth McDevitt as Miss Abbey Inch Crahan Denton as Hecky Nancy Kulp as Miss Grunecker Susan Henning as Susan / Sharon double Production notes The film originally called for only a few trick photography shots of Hayley Mills in scenes with herself ; the bulk of the film was to be shot using a body double. The film used Disney 's proprietary sodium vapor process for compositing rather than the usual chroma key technique. When Walt Disney saw how seamless the processed shots were, he ordered the script reconfigured to include more of the special effect. Disney also wanted Mills to appear on camera as much as possible, knowing that she was having growth spurts during filming. The film was shot mostly at various locales in California. The summer camp scenes were filmed at Bluff Lake Camp ( then owned by the Pasadena YMCA, now by Habonim Dror 's Camp Gilboa ) and the family camping scenes later in the movie at Cedar Lake Camp, both in the San Bernardino Mountains near the city of Big Bear Lake in Southern California. The Monterey scenes were filmed in various California locations, including millionaire Stuyvesant Fish 's 5,200 acres ( 21 km ) ranch in Carmel and Monterey 's Pebble Beach golf course. The scenes at the Monterey house were shot at the studio 's Golden Oak Ranch in Placerita Canyon, where Mitch 's ranch was built. It was the design of this set that proved the most popular, and to this day the Walt Disney Archives receives requests for plans of the home 's interior design. In fact, there never was such a house ; the set was simply various rooms built on a sound stage. Camp Inch was based on a real girls ' camp called Camp Crestridge for Girls at the Ridgecrest Baptist Conference Center near Asheville, North Carolina. Musical numbers Richard and Robert Sherman provided the songs, which, besides the title song `` The Parent Trap '', includes `` For Now, For Always '', and `` Let 's Get Together ''. `` Let 's Get Together '' ( sung by Annette Funicello ) is heard playing from a record player at the summer camp ; the tune is reprised by the twins when they restage their parents ' first date and that version is sung double - tracked by Hayley Mills. ( Hayley 's own single of the song, credited to `` Hayley Mills and Hayley Mills, '' reached # 8 on the US charts. ) The film 's title song was performed by Tommy Sands and Annette Funicello, who were both on the studio lot shooting Babes in Toyland at the time. Awards and nominations The film was nominated for two Academy Awards : one for Sound by Robert O. Cook, and the other for Film Editing by Philip W. Anderson. The film and its editor, Philip W. Anderson, won the inaugural 1962 Eddie Award of the American Cinema Editors. Subsequent developments Further information : The Parent Trap ( film series ) In 1961 a comic book version of the film was published, adapted and illustrated by Dan Spiegle. The film was theatrically re-released in 1968 and earned $1.8 million in rentals. The Disney Studios produced three television sequels The Parent Trap II ( 1986 ), Parent Trap III ( 1989 ) and Parent Trap : Hawaiian Honeymoon ( 1989 ). The original was remade in 1998 starring Lindsay Lohan, Dennis Quaid and Natasha Richardson. In India, there have been several films inspired by The Parent Trap. In 1965, a Tamil language version of the story called Kuzhandaiyum Deivamum, starring Kutty Padmini was released. The following year, it was remade into Telugu as Leta Manasulu also starring Kutty Padmini. A Hindi version Do Kaliyaan starring Neetu Singh in the double role was made in 1968. The 1987 film Pyar Ke Kabil also has a similar storyline, as does the 2001 film Kuch Khatti Kuch Meethi which has Kajol playing the double role of 23 - year - old twins. Home media The film was released on a 2 - disc special edition DVD in 2005. See also List of American films of 1961 References Jump up ^ Variety film review ; May 3, 2005, page 26. Jump up ^ Harrison 's Reports film review ; May 6, 1961, page 70. Jump up ^ `` The Parent Trap ''. Turner Classic Movies. Atlanta : Turner Broadcasting System ( Time Warner ). Retrieved September 3, 2016. Jump up ^ Kästner, Erich ( 2015 ). Lottie and Lisa ( Reissue ed. ). New York City : Lizzie Skurnick Books. ISBN 978 - 1939601339. Jump up ^ `` History : A Movie Ranch Like No Other ''. goldenoakranch.com. Retrieved 2013 - 04 - 14. Jump up ^ http://disneymoviesandfacts.tumblr.com/page/679 Jump up ^ `` The 34th Academy Awards ( 1962 ) Nominees and Winners ''. oscars.org. Retrieved 2011 - 08 - 22. Jump up ^ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055277/awards Jump up ^ Walt Disney 's the parent trap. 1210. Adapted and illustrated by Dan Spiegle. New York : Dell. 1961. LCCN sv97025407. Jump up ^ Friedman, Drew ( 9 November 2016 ). More Heroes of the Comics : Portraits of the Legends of Comic Books. Fantagraphics Books. p. 174. ISBN 978 - 1 - 60699 - 960 - 8. Jump up ^ `` Big Rental Films of 2010 '', Variety, 7 January 2011 p 15 Jump up ^ Guy, Randor ( 30 June 2011 ). `` Kuzhandaiyum Deivamum 1965 ''. The Hindu. Retrieved 25 November 2016. Jump up ^ Nahta, Komal ( January 30, 2001 ). `` Rishi 's khatta experience ! ''. Rediff.com. Retrieved 25 November 2016. 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Question: who played the dad in the original parent trap
Answer: Brian Keith