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The Secret Garden (1949)

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The Secret Garden (1949)

Directed by Fred Wilcox

Anthony Esolen
Jan 5, 2023
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The Wizard of Oz isn’t the only film that uses the motif of color to contrast with a world of black and white. In that film, it’s ordinary dusty old tornado-ridden Kansas that’s in black and white, with the life on the farm that Dorothy finds frustrating, so that she dreams of a place “Over the Rainbow,” and sure enough, while she’s unconscious, she “w…

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