1.0ALSC Bloghttps://www.alsc.ala.org/blogElisabeth Gattullo Marrocollahttps://www.alsc.ala.org/blog/author/elisabeth-gattullo/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="co2xydClvI"><a href="https://www.alsc.ala.org/blog/2012/04/book-to-film-the-secret-garden/">Book to Film: The Secret Garden</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.alsc.ala.org/blog/2012/04/book-to-film-the-secret-garden/embed/#?secret=co2xydClvI" width="600" height="338" title="“Book to Film: The Secret Garden” — ALSC Blog" data-secret="co2xydClvI" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://www.alsc.ala.org/blog/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> I first saw The Secret Garden in a theater completely devoid of people who were not related to me. It was just me, my mother, my younger sister, and my father. This alone would have made me love the film. A whole movie theater to myself? My sister and I ran up and down the aisles. We sat separately from our parents, then switched to a third, still separate location halfway through the movie. It was an unforgettable experience for an impressionable young girl, made even more unforgettable by the quality of the movie we were seeing. Watching the movie for the umpteenth time in preparation for this post, I was reminded again of how phenomenally it was cast. There could not possibly be a better Mrs. Medlock than Dame Maggie Smith. She has the unique ability to be both stern, imposing, sinister, and in the final moments of the...http://joonbug.com/media/zjSHlR87dbD/2329631020a.jpg