Deep Archive Finds in the Vein of The Secret Garden: Cult Guide

Dir: Gustav von Seyffertitz

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of The Secret Garden perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

After Dan Syrles kills a man who threatens to break up his marriage, Jim Ranson, who believes in the sanctity of the home, helps him escape. Years later, Jim, rising to power and wealth in an eastern city, marries Dorothy, his best friend's daughter, but while he is increasingly involved with business she becomes lonely. While motoring, she meets Rex Gordon, a clever crook who woos her, but when rejected he plots to steal her jewels. Warned of the affair, Ranson sets a trap for Gordon but is prevented from murder by Syrles, posing as a detective. Ranson admits his mistake and is reconciled to his wife.

Dir: Gustav von Seyffertitz

Princess Jones, a country storekeeper's niece who dreams of wealth and position, takes a vacation at a nearby fashionable resort--without realizing its cost--and meets wealthy Arthur Forbes, whose uncle sent him to the country to become an artist. Arthur's love for Princess leads him to buy her an expensive gown (Princess has given him a small amount of money for the purchase of a gown), which causes her to be mistaken for a Balkan princess by both the other guests and kidnappers; but Arthur rescues Princess and receives his uncle's approval of their marriage; and Princess becomes friends with the real princess.