Herbert Marshall
Archibald Craven
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Dickon (Brian Roper), the brother of one of the house maids, tells her of a garden secreted behind a hidden door in a vine-covered wall. When a raven unearths the key, the two enter and discover the garden is overgrown from neglect since Craven's wife died there in an accident.
The Secret Garden: Directed by Fred M. Wilcox. With Margaret O'Brien, Herbert Marshall, Dean Stockwell, Gladys Cooper. A girl is sent to live with her uncle on his estate when her parents die. There she discovers much intrigue, family history and secrets and personal baggage.
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- Drama, Family
- Fred M. Wilcox
- 1949-07-22
The Secret Garden (1949) is based on Frances Hodgson Burnett's 1911 children's classic, set in Yorkshire, about a lonely orphan and her invalid cousin whose spirits are revived when they revive the neglected garden of the title. There was a silent film version of the story, and several later screen and television versions, but this was the only ...
- Fred M. Wilcox, Jack Gertsman, Sid Sidman
- Margaret O'brien
The Secret Garden is a 1949 US drama film. It is the second screen adaptation of the classic 1911 novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett (the first adaption was a silent version filmed in 1919) which starred Lila Lee and Spottiswoode Aitken. The screenplay by Robert Ardrey was directed by Fred M. Wilcox. It centers on a young orphan who is thrust ...
- Fred M. Wilcox
In particular, a screaming child and...a secret garden. When cholera takes Mary Lennox's parents, she is shipped from India to live with her uncle, Archibald Craven, in England. His manor is dark and drafty, with over 100 rooms built on the edge of the moors.
The Secret Garden. Orphaned Mary Lennox (Margaret O'Brien) arrives at the Yorkshire mansion of her mysterious Uncle Craven (Herbert Marshall). Bitter and confused after the death of her...
- Kids & Family, Drama
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Sep 10, 2012 · The first screen version of the Frances Hodgson Burnett story has O'Brien (in her last film role before she retired, aged 12) as the orphan who transforms the lives of embittered uncle Marshall...
