The Pleasure Garden ( Irrgarten der Leidenschaft )

The Pleasure Garden (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Irrgarten der Leidenschaft
Language Selections:
Silent ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
60 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Commentary
Interactive Menu
Photo Gallery
Scene Access
Special Edition
Black & White

Movie filmed in 1925 and produced in:
Germany ( Germany, Central Europe )
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Alfred Hitchcock

Written By:
Oliver Sandys
Eliot Stannard

Actors:
Virginia Valli ..... Patsy Brand
Carmelita Geraghty ..... Jill Cheyne
Miles Mander ..... Levett
John Stuart ..... Hugh Fielding
Ferdinand Martini ..... Mr. Sidey (as Ferd Martini)
Florence Helminger ..... Mrs. Sidey
Georg H. Schnell ..... Oscar Hamilton (as George Snell)
Karl Falkenberg ..... Prince Ivan (as C. Falkenberg)
Lewis Brody ..... Levet's Native Lover (unconfirmed)
Nita Naldi

Synopsis:

After several collaborative efforts, Alfred Hitchcock made his solo directorial debut in the German-British co-production The Pleasure Garden. Based on the novel by Oliver Sandys, it's the tale of two chorus girls, Patsy (Virginia Valli) and Jill (Carmelita Geraghty). The comparatively virtuous Patsy marries Levett (Miles Mander), the best friend of Jill's fiance Fielding (John Stuart). After the honeymoon, Levett leaves for a job in the tropics, promising to send for Patsy as soon as he's settled. Back in London, Patsy discovers that Jill has been cheating on Fielding with other men. Secure in the belief that her own husband would never betray her, Patsy is shocked to discover that Levett has been sleeping with a native girl (Nita Naldi) in her absence. Driven mad by the treacherous native, Levett kills her and tries to murder Patsy, but she is rescued at the very last minute. Wearily, she comes back to London, where she finally finds happiness with Jill's cast-off sweetheart Fielding. Filmed on a very tight budget, The Pleasure Garden never betrays its parsimonious nature. And though it cannot be labelled a "typical" Hitchcock picture, it contains enough clever pictorial touches to indicate that the man in the director's chair was definitely someone to conjure with. To quote the reviewer of the London Daily Express: "His work is of a uniformly high quality; there are times when it is great, times when the onlooker says to himself 'That is perfect'."

Patsy Brand works as a chorus girl at a music hall called The Pleasure Garden. She helps down on her luck Jill Cheyne to find a job and she subsequently meets Hugh Fielding who she becomes engaged to. Meanwhile, Patsy has married Levett, but he and Hugh have to leave for the English colonies in the tropics. With her husband away Jill starts to live the high life, but Patsy remains loyal to Levett. When she hears that he is ill she makes the journey to the tropics, only to find him living with a native with a severe alcohol problem.

Story of a girl who makes the theatre her career.

This product was added to our catalog on Saturday 02 January, 2010.

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