The Secret Garden / Black Beauty (DVD)

It's a special garden where friendships blossom, illnesses fade away and sorrows flee. There, troubled orphan Mary (Kate Maberly), her spoiled, sickly cousin Colin (Heydon Prowse) and kindly country boy Dickon (Andrew Knott) discover that a world of caring can make a world of difference. Frances Hodgson Burnett's classic story blooms anew in this enchanting new version lovingly adapted by Caroline Thompson and directed by Agnieszka Holland, also starring Maggie Smith and John Lynch. (Dir. Agnieszka Holland, 1993, Cert. U) Black Beauty: When a girl is given the horse of her dreams, the pair form a bond of love and trust that will last forever. Polly and her Black Beauty share wondrous adventures and face hardship and danger with brother Bertie, Merry Legs the pony, and the other residents of their lush country estate. All of the splendor and excitement of Anna Sewell's classic novel are thrilling to boys and girls. (Dir. Caroline Thompson, 1994, Cert. U)