The Parent Trap (1961 film) The Parent Trap (1961 film) The Parent Trap is a 1961 Walt Disney Technicolor film. It stars Hayley Mills (in a dual role), Maureen O'Hara and Brian Keith in a story about teenage twins on a quest to reunite their divorced parents. The screenplay by the film's director David Swift was based upon the 1949 book "Lottie and Lisa" (German: ) by Erich Kästner. "The Parent Trap" was nominated for two Academy Awards, was broadcast on television, saw three television sequels, was remade in 1998 with Lindsay Lohan, and has been released on digital stereo LaserDisc format in 1986 as
The Parent Trap II What We've Got," written by Hal David and performed by Marilyn McCoo. It appears in the opening credits while clips from the original "The Parent Trap" movie play, and is reprised in the closing credits when the final scene (Nicki and Mary, as junior bridesmaids/flower girls, walk up the aisle after their parents' wedding) is frozen. Other songs in the film include "Nothin' At All," sung by Andrea Robinson, who would later voice Ariel's mother, Athena, in Disney's "", and "Stand Back," sung by Stephanie Mills. The Parent Trap II The Parent Trap II is a 1986 American made-for-television comedy