Burl Ives performs “Lavender Blue” from So Dear to My Heart. This film held a special place in Walt Disney’s heart, as it reminded him of his boyhood in Marceline, Missouri. In addition to Burl Ives, the film stars Beulah Bondi (It’s a Wonderful Life) and reunites Song of the South co-stars Bobby Driscoll and Luana Patten. Unfortunately, it’s not available to stream on Disney . | Disney History Channel

Summer Magic 1963 "Ugly Bug Ball" with Hayley Mills and Burl Ives Released on July 7 1963, Summer Magic is a Walt Disney Productions family musical film directed by James Neilson, and starring Hayley Mills, Burl Ives, and Dorothy McGuire in a story about an early 1900s Boston widow and her children taking up residence in a small town in Maine. Plot: A Bostonian widow and her three children who move to Maine. Postmaster Ostia "Osh" Popham (Burl Ives) helps them move into a run-down old house and