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Directed by | James Leo Meehan |
Written by | Charles Kerr James Leo Meehan |
Based on | The Magic Garden by Gene Stratton-Porter |
Produced by | Joseph P. Kennedy |
Starring | Joyce Coad Margaret Morris Philippe De Lacy |
Cinematography | Allen G. Siegler |
Production company | Gene Stratton Porter Productions |
Distributed by | Film Booking Offices of America Ideal Films (UK) |
Release date |
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Running time | 70 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
The Magic Garden is a 1927 American silent drama film directed by James Leo Meehan and starring Joyce Coad, Margaret Morris, and Philippe De Lacy.[1] The film's sets were designed by the art director Carroll Clark. It is an adaptation of the novel of the same by Gene Stratton-Porter.[2]
Plot
[edit]Amaryllis, a rich and spoiled girl, is sent to live in the countryside with her uncle. There, she befriends a crippled neighbor of her age, John. Redeemed by her compassion towards him, she and John are allowed to enter a "magic garden", which only they can see.
Cast
[edit]- Joyce Coad as Amaryllis Minton, as a child
- Margaret Morris as Amaryllis Minton, as an adult
- Philippe De Lacy as John Guido Forrester, as a child
- Raymond Keane as John Guido, as an adult
- Charles Clary as Paul Minton
- William V. Mong as John Forrester
- Cesare Gravina as Maestro
- Paulette Duval as Countess di Varesi
- Walter Wilkinson as Peter Minton, as a child
- Earl McCarthy as Peter Minton, as an adult
- Alfred Allen as Chief Clare
- Kathrin Clare Ward as Mrs. O'Rourke
- Ruth Cherrington as Duenna
Preservation
[edit]With no prints of The Magic Garden located in any film archives,[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Munden p. 473
- ^ Progressive Silent Film List: The Magic Garden at silentera.com
- ^ Library of Congress / FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: The Magic Garden
Bibliography
[edit]- Munden, Kenneth White. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press, 1997.
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