Misty (1961) 1 of 10

The classic and touching story about two children who adopt a wild pony mare and her foal. The movie is based on the novel Misty of Chincoteague by Marguerite Henry, first published in 1947. It's set on Virginia's coastal island of Chincoteague and was largely filmed on location, featuring many of the locals in the actual film. The original Misty actually makes a cameo appearance in the film in a group of ponies. A herd of wild ponies living on nearby Assateague Island, marooned after a ship bringing horses to the New World was beached during a storm, is brought across the channel yearly to keep their numbers in check. The revenue from the resulting Pony Penning Day auction goes to support the local fire department. Ponies that are unsold are freed and returned to Assateague Island the following day.

Paul and Maureen Bebe see a wild mare, christened The Phantom for her great speed and the ability to disappear on Pony Penning Day. They decide to capture and adopt her. First, they need to raise the money to buy her and then they have to tame her. The Phantom is captured because she has a young foal that the children name Misty. The movie is really more about The Phantom than her baby but it's still a great movie. In the end, the children decide that The Phantom is only happy running free alongside the herd stallion, the Pied Piper, and return her to the wild, but baby Misty stays with the children. A subsequent novel was written in the wake of the success of the original: Sea Star: Orphan of Chincoteague was published in 1949.

Category:

Pets & Animals

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• misty
• chincoteague
• pony
• horse
• movie

[BreyerCool]

Need the Breyr of it

[luv2pitch3211]

no top comment weird

[cowboytroop]

Thank you. I love this movie. A better day & time. Thank you Marguerite Henry!

[Myakitainu]

OMG!! My childhood.. <3 :)

[Arkengirl]

Hey! I read that book in school

[ZeniJocasta]

I am so excited to see this on here! I saw it at blockbusters years ago but couldn't get it. Then reading an article on Yahoo I remembered about this and hoped it would be on here. Thank you so much now I can finally watch it!

[doubledstar]

I HAVE THE BOOOK!!! im doing it for a book report but im not reading it IM WATCHIN' IT!!!

[Shaynavendela]

WEll its a surprise...... for grandma!!!

[ferociousgumby]

This is based on my favorite childhoood book, and more true to the original than most films. Magical! I love that they shot it on Chincoteague and Assateague. I am very impressed with the horse acting! The Phantom is superb and comveys all the wildness and longing of the original character. The Pied Piper is magnificent. They seem to have found horses that embody the spirit of the original work. Lovely! (Horsy little girls would love this one. Wish I had seen it when it came out.)

[TheOnionRoute]

@no1horselover ☼ Maybe watching subsequent #EPiSoDiOs wiLL oFFer some more #PerSPeCTiVo ☼