- HD 1080
- Runtime: 105m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: en
- Country: United Kingdom, United States of America
- Director: Ronald Neame
- Stars: Deborah Kerr, Hayley Mills, John Mills, Edith Evans, Felix Aylmer
- keywords: adolescence, judge, grandparent grandchild relationship, family relationships, problem child, governess, gardening, haunted by the past, dover, estranged mother, absent mother, dramatic
- Production_studio: Ross Hunter Productions, Universal Pictures
- Slogan: A girl on the verge of womanhood... a woman on the edge of loneliness... both suspicious of affection, yet starved for love.
- The The Chalk Garden is featured in the top rankings of 1964
- #40 in Top Drama Movies of 1964
- #7 in Top Mystery Movies of 1964
The peculiar antics of Laurel, an emotionally troubled young girl, are the focus of The Chalk Garden – a stately household drama set on the cliffs of the English south coast. Edith Evans plays a matriarchal grandmother who, in raising her granddaughter, has neglected her other love – a barren chalk garden. Mayhem ensues as Laurel's behavior frightens away a succession of governesses until an enigmatic one is hired in spite of her mysterious references. She skillfully sets about tending to the girl's reckless emotions and the pitifully failed garden.