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When tempestuous Mary Lennox, born in India to wealthy parents, is orphaned by a cholera epidemic, she is sent to live with her reclusive and embittered Uncle Archibald Craven and her ill-behaved, bedridden cousin Colin at their desolate and decaying estate known as Misselthwaite Manor. Dickon, 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. They decide to keep their discovery a secret, and begin to restore it to its original grandeur. Under the influence of the Secret Garden, Mary becomes less self-absorbed, Colin's health steadily improves, and Archibald's curmudgeonly personality fades away. (Source: Amazon)

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Starring:
Margaret O'Brien as Mary Lennox

Herbert Marshall as Archibald Craven

Dean Stockwell as Colin Craven

Brian Roper as Dickon

Gladys Cooper as Mrs. Medlock

Elsa Lanchester as Martha

Reginald Owen as Ben Weatherstaff

Isobel Elsom as Governess

Studio: MGM

Filmed: 1949 - Released: 1949

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