The Secret Garden

When tempestuous Mary Lennox (Margaret O'Brien), 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 (Herbert Marshall) and her ill-behaved, bedridden cousin Colin (Dean Stockwell) at their desolate and decaying estate known as Misselthwaite Manor. Dickon (Brian Roper (actor)), 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.

O filme conta a história de Mary Lennox (Margaret O’Brien) que viveu na Índia toda a sua vida, mas quando seus pais morrem ela é forçada a se mudar para a Inglaterra para viver com seu tio recluso. Andando pela casa sombria e misteriosa, descobre que tem um primo, Colin ( Dean Stockwell ). Os dois iniciam uma amizade. Ela também conhece Dickon (Brian Roper), e juntos, os três descobrem a existência de um jardim secreto na propriedade, decidem, então, revitalizar o jardim que está abandonado.