Review Of Making Film Secret Garden References. Web the secret garden (2020) is a remake of a classic movie, which is itself based on a classic novel by frances hodgson burnett. Web the secret garden is a 1993 adaptation of the popular 1911 children's novel of the same title, written by frances hodgson burnett.

Set in 1947 england, the plot follows a young orphan who is sent to live with her uncle, only to discover a magical garden at his estate. Wilcox | adapted by robert ardrey | 92 min | on demand/mubi child and future adult star margaret o’brien (who’s still working today in her 80s) is mary lennox in this mgm adaptation — interestingly, she starred as beth in little women the same year. Frances hodgson burnett was born in england, but her family emigrated to the u.s.