The Magic Garden (1927 film) explained

The Magic Garden
Director:	James Leo Meehan
Producer:	Joseph P. Kennedy
Starring:	Joyce Coad Margaret Morris Philippe De Lacy
Cinematography:	Allen G. Siegler
Studio:	Gene Stratton Porter Productions
Distributor:	Film Booking Offices of America Ideal Films (UK)
Runtime:	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

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,^[3]

Bibliography

• Munden, Kenneth White. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press, 1997.

Notes and References

1. Munden p. 473
2. https://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/M/MagicGarden1927.html Progressive Silent Film List: The Magic Garden
3. https://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.7220/ Library of Congress / FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: The Magic Garden