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The Chalk Garden

An elderly woman hires a governess with a mysterious past to look after her disturbed and spoiled teenage granddaughter, who eventually understands the meaning of self-sacrifice, as an example of love, and grows into a better person.

Director

Ronald Neame

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Genre

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N/A

Production

Ross Hunter Productions,Universal Pictures

Awards

Nominated for 1 Oscar. 3 wins & 6 nominations total

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Miss Madrigal

Laurel

Maitland

Mrs. St. Maugham

Judge McWhirrey

Olivia

Elizabeth Sellars

Anna

Shop Clerk

Mrs. Williams

Tonie MacMillan

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Anna Miss Madrigal Laurel Judge Mcwhirrey Maitland Mrs. St. Maugham

I never shake hands It's so animal - The Chalk Garden

I never shake hands It's so animal

What kind of whiskey do you like - The Chalk Garden

What kind of whiskey do you like

Such lovely weather for the beach - The Chalk Garden

Such lovely weather for the beach

Have you no mother of your own - The Chalk Garden

Have you no mother of your own

Where do you live - The Chalk Garden

Where do you live

Oh she'll come Grandmother will come - The Chalk Garden

Oh she'll come Grandmother will come

She's a little light fingered - The Chalk Garden

She's a little light fingered

The child uses them too frequently - The Chalk Garden

The child uses them too frequently

The lions are calling for a Christian - The Chalk Garden

The lions are calling for a Christian

Is the curse of civilisation - The Chalk Garden

Is the curse of civilisation

Life without a room to oneself is a barbarity - The Chalk Garden

Life without a room to oneself is a barbarity

That's my daughter's child, Laurel. - The Chalk Garden

That's my daughter's child, Laurel.

It's rather early for her
to be lighting it. - The Chalk Garden

It's rather early for her to be lighting it.

She is plagued with a compulsion
to burn down the house. - The Chalk Garden

She is plagued with a compulsion to burn down the house.

You study her as if you're seeing something I don't - The Chalk Garden

You study her as if you're seeing something I...

I should think as one grows older - The Chalk Garden

I should think as one grows older

Well, I suppose you
know all about me. - The Chalk Garden

Well, I suppose you know all about me.

Very well Be frank about yourself - The Chalk Garden

Very well Be frank about yourself

I'm not to be trusted - The Chalk Garden

I'm not to be trusted

What else do you occupy yourself with - The Chalk Garden

What else do you occupy yourself with

Why do you come here? - The Chalk Garden

Why do you come here?

Well I give you fair warning Miss Madrigal - The Chalk Garden

Well I give you fair warning Miss Madrigal

Love her - The Chalk Garden

It's wonderful. - The Chalk Garden

It's wonderful.

Thanks for the compliment - The Chalk Garden

Thanks for the compliment

Thanks for the compliment - The Chalk Garden

Thanks for the compliment

How dare you open my door
without knocking! - The Chalk Garden

How dare you open my door without knocking!

But I don't break I don't crack - The Chalk Garden

But I don't break I don't crack

Is there anything I should do? - The Chalk Garden

Is there anything I should do?

And the garden It's shriveling up before my very eyes - The Chalk Garden

And the garden It's shriveling up before my very eyes

To throw away season after season - The Chalk Garden

To throw away season after season

Good morning Laurel - The Chalk Garden

Good morning Laurel

Laurel people who live on fantasy - The Chalk Garden

Laurel people who live on fantasy

Is it a crime to want to be remembered - The Chalk Garden

Is it a crime to want to be remembered

Who do you hate Laurel besides yourself - The Chalk Garden

Who do you hate Laurel besides yourself

Because my mother's a Jezebel - The Chalk Garden

Because my mother's a Jezebel

"It was a lovely
summer's morning. - The Chalk Garden

"It was a lovely summer's morning.

Ding dong ding dong - The Chalk Garden

Ding dong ding dong

Oh, Maitland, one thing more. - The Chalk Garden

Oh, Maitland, one thing more.

Welcome home, Miss Olivia. - The Chalk Garden

Welcome home, Miss Olivia.

Alcohol in the middle of the day is exciting when one is thirty - The Chalk Garden

Alcohol in the middle of the day is exciting when one is...

Well, that's the last
of her usual hiding places. - The Chalk Garden

Well, that's the last of her usual hiding places.

Laurel has good instincts - The Chalk Garden

Laurel has good instincts

Puppy Is that you - The Chalk Garden

Puppy Is that you

Miss Madrigal you are a 12 pound a week governess - The Chalk Garden

Miss Madrigal you are a 12 pound a week governess

She didn't have time - The Chalk Garden

She didn't have time

Now Miss Madrigal - The Chalk Garden

Now Miss Madrigal

Where and what do you want to be - The Chalk Garden

Where and what do you want to be

Oh, no.
I don't mean it. - The Chalk Garden

Oh, no. I don't mean it.

I don't trust you any more than I trust my own mother - The Chalk Garden

I don't trust you any more than I trust my own mother

Miss Madrigal.
Won't you come in? - The Chalk Garden

Miss Madrigal. Won't you come in?

When a man kills it's the one act he does totally alone - The Chalk Garden

When a man kills it's the one act he does totally alone

Before you go let me give you a book - The Chalk Garden

Before you go let me give you a book

And what else is on the menu this morning boss - The Chalk Garden

And what else is on the menu this morning boss

Simple kindness is so rare in this house - The Chalk Garden

Simple kindness is so rare in this house

Help me! - The Chalk Garden

I happen to like climbing in trees - The Chalk Garden

I happen to like climbing in trees

How did you get
into a courtroom? - The Chalk Garden

How did you get into a courtroom?

You're not the usual thing in governesses - The Chalk Garden

You're not the usual thing in governesses

Shy Olivia How is your mother - The Chalk Garden

Shy Olivia How is your mother

We don't speak of her here - The Chalk Garden

We don't speak of her here

Do you really believe that? - The Chalk Garden

Do you really believe that?

Shall you come again, Puppy? - The Chalk Garden

Shall you come again, Puppy?

They say five have left already - The Chalk Garden

They say five have left already

The heart is a house with a room for every person it loves - The Chalk Garden

The heart is a house with a room for every person it loves

Not in the summer house. - The Chalk Garden

Not in the summer house.

Laurel? - The Chalk Garden

You see, boss, - The Chalk Garden

And what I want
is to be with my mother. - The Chalk Garden

And what I want is to be with my mother.

You've grown up, Laurel,
and you seem smaller. - The Chalk Garden

You've grown up, Laurel, and you seem smaller.

Let's go home, Mother. - The Chalk Garden

Let's go home, Mother.

What will you do now? - The Chalk Garden

What will you do now?

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An elderly woman hires a governess with a mysterious past to look after her disturbed and spoiled teenage granddaughter, who eventually understands the meaning of self-sacrifice, as an example of love, and grows into a better person.

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Director: Ronald Neame

Writer: John Michael Hayes, Enid Bagnold

Production: Ross Hunter Productions,Universal Pictures

Genre: drama, mystery

Year: 1964

MetaScore: 61/100

ImdbRating: 7.2

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 21 May 1964

Awards: Nominated for 1 Oscar. 3 wins & 6 nominations total

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