In The Secret Garden, Mary finds the key by befriending the local robin. Although Mary was formerly to spoiled to make friends, she begins to change…

The theme/moral of The Secret Garden is that a child’s love and kindness can heal the emotional scars of their parents.

No, The Secret Garden is not based on a true story. However, there are some parallels between The Secret Garden and the author’s life.

When a cholera epidemic kills her parents and the servants, Mary is orphaned. After a brief stay with the family of an English clergyman, she is sent to England to live with a widowed uncle, Archibald Craven, at his huge Yorkshire estate, Misselthwaite Manor.

Frances Hodgson Burnett

The novel was previously adapted into two films: a 1949 drama film and a 1919 silent film, which starred Lila Lee and Spottiswoode Aitken. Set in Yorkshire, England, Yorkshire’s Allerton Castle was used for most of the exterior shots of Misselthwaite Manor, as well as interior shots.

Back to the Secret Garden is a 2001 family fantasy film. Produced for television, the film serves as a sequel to the 1987 Hallmark Hall of Fame film, The Secret Garden.

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As in the book, Mary discovers that she has a cousin, Colin (Edan Hayhurst), who stays hidden in his room because his father is terrified he will become a “hunchback” like him. Mary persuades Colin that his illness is psychosomatic, and Colin becomes stronger after spending time outside in the garden.

Colin Firth in “The Secret Garden.” While some of the fire was added with CGI, most of the flames were real, with the filmmakers creating a controled burn at Pinewood. For Firth and Julie Walters, who plays Misselthwaite’s severe housekeeper Mrs.

The Secret Garden One day, her parents are killed by a cholera epidemic (in the movie’s case, an earthquake) and Mary is sent away to live with her uncle Archibald Craven in Misselthwaite Manor in Yorkshire, England, which is tended by the strict housekeeper, Mrs. Medlock.

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