Release Date: Apr 30, 1949 Wide
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The oft-filmed Frances Hodgson Burnett novel The Secret Garden was given the usual plush MGM treatment in 1949. Tempestuous orphan girl Mary Lennox (Margaret O'Brien) is sent to live with her reclusive, long-widowed uncle Archibald Craven (Herbert Marshall). The embittered Craven has an invalid son named Colin (Dean Stockwell), with whom the troublesome Mary constantly clashes. Her only real friend is neighbor-boy Dickon (Brian Roper). Things soon change after Mary discovers the key to the
Apr 30, 1949 Wide
Aug 21, 1991
MGM (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)
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Too shrill in its performances to be completely winsome.
I really enjoyed this version. I've loved this story since I was very young, and all the actors and actresses did a great job in this one. It was awesome when, towards the end, we get to enter the garden and the screen turns from black and white to beautiful color. It's a pretty fulfilling movie overall.
September 26, 2007Wonderful performances, and beautiful set design, make this film a definite must-see. No studio could match MGM's lush approach, and stylized sets seen in The Secret Garden bring the script alive, in a fashion no "location" filming could have accomplished. Utilizing a "partial" Technicolor application seen in The
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