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.Munden p. 473 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.Progressive Silent Film List: The Magic Garden at silentera.com
Plot 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 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 With no prints of The Magic Garden located in any film archives, the film is considered lost.
References
Bibliography 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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