Tuesday, August 10, 2010

Pollyanna

The popular 1960 Disney movie Pollyanna was filmed using the exterior of the McDonald Mansion. Starring Hayley Miles, with Jane Wyman, Karl Alden, Anne Seymour and Agnes Moorehead. Pollyanna is an orphaned daughter, of missionaries, who arrives in the small town of Harrington to live with her rich aunt, Polly Harrington. Pollyanna is a cheerful youngster who focuses on the goodness of life and in doing so makes a wide variety of friends in the community including the hypochondriac Mrs. Snow and the acidic recluse Mr.Pendergast (source: www.wikipedia.com).

There is talk about a possible remake of Pollyanna with the use of McDonald Mansion again.








Remember, in the movie, Pollyanna falls out of a tree and is severely injured.




To find out more of the use of this house and others, in the filming of the movies visit www.hookedonhouses.net.

Another web site to visit is www.mtouch1.com, the builder that has been doing the extensive rehabilitation of the mansion used in the movie.

Enjoy your surrounding,
McDonald Mansion Martin

Tuesday, August 3, 2010

FRAMING FOR ARTISTIC CEILINGS

Frame work for ceilings:
Arches, vaults, coves, cathedral, soffits, domes,or curves. Each one has it's own distinctive look and feel. When the finishes cover these precision framed ceilings the effect will be spectacular.

To achieve the finish look you must have great, true and symmetrical framing "bones". In this older house, it is necessary to first plumb, level, shim and plane the existing 130+ year old wall, floors, and ceilings.


















Enjoy your surroundings, McDonald Mansion Martin