Misty (1961) 9 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

Tags:

• chincoteague
• misty
• pony
• horse
• movie

[alylovesbreyers4ever]

Nooooo... I would do anything happy or not to have Phantom!!

[horsesaremylife31899]

@HorseShowKt he s from pokamoke i think that is how you say it they have accents

[HorseShowKt]

The boy riding the comet sounds funny!

[MulinaTheAngelWolf]

just me.. or the book made them seem to have it be more nice when they decided to enter the phantom in the race

[battousaiblade]

girls have as much experience riding in races as guys do

hell nowadays girls mostly do the riding

Black Comet is pretty but the owners attitude needs to be checked