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The Secret Garden

1949 · 92 min

A gentle, earnest Victorian tale that moves slowly from gloom to warmth, with a child's discovery bringing color back to a grieving household.

Directed by
Fred M. Wilcox
Genres
Family, Drama
Starring
Margaret O'Brien, Dean Stockwell, Herbert Marshall
Tagline
The Key to the Most Unusual Picture of the Year
Overview
When Cholera takes the parents of Mary Lennox, she is shipped from India to England to live with her Uncle Craven. Mary changes the lives of those she encounters at her Uncle's remote estate.

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Directed by
Fred M. Wilcox
Genres
Family, Drama
Starring
Margaret O'Brien, Dean Stockwell, Herbert Marshall
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 3 of 3
  • upliftingstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • grief
  • healing
  • family
  • friendship
  • isolation
Places
  • single country house
  • countryside
Era
period
Audience
family
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour2
Realism7
Romance1
Tension3
Darkness4
Complexity3
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
family, drama
Directed by
Fred M. Wilcox
Written by
Robert Ardrey
Starring
Margaret O'Brien, Dean Stockwell, Herbert Marshall, Gladys Cooper, Elsa Lanchester, Brian Roper, Reginald Owen, George Zucco
Music
Bronislau Kaper
Cinematography
Ray June
Runtime
92 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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