POLLYANNA26 Pollyanna Whittier enlivens her aunt's gloomy village in this new adaptation of Eleanor H. Porter s children s classic about an orphan who teaches grown-ups how to look on the bright side.

Pollyanna Syndrome in psychology refers to an “ excessively or blindly optimistic person ” the name based on the eponymous character by Eleanor Porter, published in 1913.

Pollyanna uses the game to spread good cheer among townspeople including a self-pitying invalid, a grouchy old miser, a poor orphan, a fire-and-brimstone preacher, and more.

Pollyanna is hit by a car. Let me repeat this: A car ploughs into Pollyanna and injures her so badly she c an’t use her legs. Orphan in an attic eating bread hit by car and, basically, no legs.

Pollyanna gets a bad rap. Even Mary Pickford, the silent movie star who bought the rights to the 1913 bestseller about an uber-optimistic orphan, was said to detest the girl and story. That's ...