The Pleasure Garden
- 1925
- 1h 15m
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5.8/10
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Two couples' romances are fancifully intertwined.Two couples' romances are fancifully intertwined.Two couples' romances are fancifully intertwined.
Ferdinand Martini
- Mr. Sidey
- (as Ferd Martini)
Georg H. Schnell
- Oscar Hamilton
- (as George Snell)
Karl Falkenberg
- Prince Ivan
- (as C. Falkenberg)
Louis Brody
- Plantation Manager
- (uncredited)
Elizabeth Pappritz
- Native Girl
- (uncredited)
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Did you know
- TriviaAlthough shot in 1925, and shown to the British press in March 1926, this movie wasn't released in the U.K. until after The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog (1927) was a massive hit in 1927.
- GoofsThe dog, shown chewing up some clothing, disappears in the wide-angle shots of the apartment.
- Quotes
[last lines]
Patsy Brand: How do you like that - Cuddles knew all the time!
- ConnectionsFeatured in Cinema Europe: The Other Hollywood (1995)
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Hitchcock's first film, a very good melodrama
At the age of 25, Alfred Hitchcock, who had been an assistant director to Michael Balcon, was given the chance to direct his first film, which was of course silent. It is very good and showed at once that he had talent. Assistant director on the film was a girl named Alma Reville, who was to become Hitchcock's wife and lifelong partner in all of his film projects. The film is based on a popular novel by 'Oliver Sandys', which was the pen name of a woman whose real name was Marguerite Jarvis, and who in this same year appeared as an actress under the name of Marguerite Evans in the comedy film STAGESTRUCK, with Gloria Swanson. The title of this film is the name of a music hall in London, where two girls are in the chorus together, and share a room in Brixton. The melodrama concerns the adventures of their lives and respective fates. The film was shot at Babelsburg Studios in Germany and had an international cast. The American actress Virginia Valli plays Patsy, the good girl of the two. And Jill, the girl who goes to the bad, is played by another American actress, Carmelita Geraghty. The German actor Karl Falkenberg plays the unpleasant and sinister Prince Ivan, who leads Jill astray. Falkenberg acted in 100 films between 1916 and 1936, after which he disappears from history. Probably he was Jewish, was banned from the screen by the Nazis, and then sent to a death camp. Possibly the best performance in the film is by British actor Miles Mander, who outdid Falkenberg by appearing in 107 films, between 1920 and 1947, including WUTHERING HEIGHTS (1939). In this film he plays a cad who married Patsy and then betrays her with a mistress and goes to pieces with drink and decadence. He delivers a very finely judged performance, and does not overact. Carmelita Geraghty is very convincing in her downward spiral into immorality, selfishness, and selling herself for fame and fortune. The film is not particularly creaky with age, and is well worth seeing.
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- Also known as
- El jardín de la alegría
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- Runtime1 hour 15 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
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