Underplayed Gems

The Secret Garden (1949)

The Secret Garden poster
Directed by
Fred M. Wilcox
Genre
drama film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 32m
Rating
7.1 of 10 from 34 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A young orphan moves to a secluded English manor to live with her stern uncle. There she discovers a locked garden and bonds with her disabled cousin, slowly bringing new life to both the garden and the household.

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What happens

The Secret Garden is a 1949 American drama film directed by Fred M. Wilcox and produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM). Adapted from the classic 1911 novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett, The Secret Garden is the second film adaptation following a silent version released in 1919. The film stars Margaret O'Brien, Herbert Marshall, Dean Stockwell, Gladys Cooper, and Elsa Lanchester. It centers on a young orphan who is thrust into the dark and mysterious lives of her widowed uncle and his disabled son when she comes to live with them in their isolated country house in Yorkshire, England. While the film is primarily shot in black-and-white, the sequences set in the restored garden of the title were filmed in Technicolor. The film was released on DVD on May 7, 2013, as part of the Warner Archive Collection. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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