The Parent Trap (1961 film) Disney Movie Club. The 1998 remake was also released on HD Blu-ray the same day. 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
Parent Trap III would soon be popular for her "Home Improvement" fame. Joy, Leanna, and Monica Creel were cast to play the identical teenage triplet daughters with different personalities: Megan, the private one, Lisa, the outgoing teen rebel, and Jessie, the sweet one. The film debuted on NBC-TV's "The Magical World of Disney" on April 9, 1989. It was previewed on Disney's films released that spring next to Davy Crocket and "The Absent-Minded Professor". Mollie Miller, the film's director, would later direct the last sequel, "". Parent Trap III Parent Trap III is a 1989 American made-for-television comedy film and a sequel to