Deborah Kerr
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With Deborah Kerr, Hayley Mills, John Mills, Edith Evans. An elderly woman hires a governess with a mysterious past to look after her disturbed, spoiled teenage granddaughter, who eventually understands the meaning of self-sacrifice as an example of love and grows into a better person.
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- Drama, Mystery
- Ronald Neame
- 1964-05-21
The Chalk Garden is a 1964 British-American film directed by Ronald Neame. It stars Deborah Kerr and Hayley Mills and is an adaptation of the 1955 play of the same name by Enid Bagnold.
The Chalk Garden is a play by Enid Bagnold that premiered in the USA in 1955 and was produced in Britain the following year. It tells the story of the imperious Mrs St Maugham and her granddaughter Laurel, a disturbed child under the care of Miss Madrigal, a governess, whose past life is a mystery that is solved during the action of the play.
- Enid Bagnold
- 1956
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Summaries. An elderly woman hires a governess with a mysterious past to look after her disturbed, spoiled teenage granddaughter, who eventually understands the meaning of self-sacrifice as an example of love and grows into a better person.
The Chalk Garden. Because the wealthy Mrs. St. Maugham (Edith Evans) needs help raising both her garden and her granddaughter, Laurel (Hayley Mills), she hires a secretive but green-thumbed...
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- Deborah Kerr
- Ronald Neame
- Drama
The Chalk Garden (1964) is the film version of the highly regarded play of the same title by Enid Bagnold of National Velvet fame. The setting of the story is Belle Fountain, a secluded country home in Sussex, on the chalky white cliffs of the English south coast.
