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''Misty'' is a 1961 children's film based on Marguerite Henry's 1947 award-winning children's book ''Misty of Chincoteague''. It recounts the true story of the special bond that develops between two young children and a centuries-old herd of wild ponies living on a coastal island off the coast of Virginia and a real-life Chincoteague Pony named Misty.〔("History of Misty of Chincoteague", ''Misty's Heaven'' - Misty'sHeaven.com ) Retrieved 2015-07-27〕〔(IMDb - "Misty" (1961), Plot Summary ). Retrieved 2015-08-07〕 ==The storyline & the 1961 filming== Set on the island of Chincoteague on the Delmarva Peninsula in Virginia, ''Misty'' was filmed entirely on-location in Chicoteague, and on the nearby barrier island known as Assateague. The story is based on the annual "Pony Swim", an event held in the Chincoteague area each year, that involves rounding up some of the wild ponies who live on Assateague Island to swim across the channel.〔 Some of the colts and yearlings are then sold at auction as a means of thinning out the herd, and as a benefit for the local Chincoteague Volunteer Fire Department.〔 The story features two real life characters of Chincoteague, Paul and Maureen Beebe, a young brother and sister who befriend an elusive mare on Assateague named the Phantom, and later come to own her foal, Misty.〔 Using local people from the town in most of the roles, the film stars only six professional actors, including Arthur O'Connell, Anne Seymour, (Pam Smith ), and future Hollywood executive David Ladd.〔(IMDb - ''Misty'' (1961), Full Cast and Crew ) Retrieved 2015-08-07〕 The horse Misty was played in the film by another pony, although the real Misty can be seen in some scenes.〔 The film was made with a budget of $705,000 and was directed by James B. Clark.〔Solomon, Aubrey. ''Twentieth Century Fox: A Corporate and Financial History (The Scarecrow Filmmakers Series)''. Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press, 1989. ISBN 978-0-8108-4244-1. p253〕 The film's cinematography was by Lee Garmes and Leo Tover, and the music by Paul Sawtell and Bert Shefter.〔 At the premier showing of the movie on Chincoteague in 1961, the real Misty was led down Main Street, and her front hoof prints were impressed into cement in front of the Island Theatre, now called the Roxy Theater, where the impressions of her hooves can still be seen in 2015.〔 Both the book and the movie brought widespread publicity to Chincoteague and Assateague, and to the local culture, traditions, and natural beauty and wildlife on the remote and isolated barrier islands of the United States' eastern coast.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Misty (film)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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