The Pleasure Garden (1925)

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Contents 1 Synopsis 2 Technical Information 3 DVD Recommendations 4 DVD Releases 4.1 released in 2008 4.2 released in 2007 4.3 unknown release date 5 See Also... 6 Image Gallery 7 Film Frames 8 Themes 9 Cast and Crew

Synopsis

Patsy Brand is a chorus girl at the Pleasure Garden music hall. She meets Jill Cheyne who is down on her luck and gets her a job as a dancer. Jill meets adventurer Hugh Fielding and they get engaged, but when Hugh travels out of the country, she begins to play around. (© IMDB)

Technical Information

• black & white
• sound mix: silent, with English intertitles
• aspect ratio: 1.33:1 Spherical
• running time: 75 minutes
• production studio: Gainsborough Pictures & Münchner Lichtspielkunst AG
• also known as:
  • Irrgarten der Leidenschaft (1925) - Germany
  • Les Jardins du Plaisir (1925) - France
  • El Jardín De La Alegría (1925) - Spain

DVD Recommendations

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DVD Releases

released in 2008

The Pleasure Garden (1925) - Network (UK, 2008) - part of a box set PAL 1.33:1

released in 2007

The Pleasure Garden (1925) - Journaux.fr (France, 2007) PAL 1.33:1

unknown release date

	The Pleasure Garden (1925) - unknown company (PAL bootleg) PAL 1.33:1
	The Pleasure Garden (1925) - unknown company (NTSC bootleg) NTSC 1.33:1

See Also...

For further relevant information about this film, see also...

• 1000 Frames of The Pleasure Garden (1925)
• Articles about The Pleasure Garden (1925)
• Complete Cast and Crew
• Titles and Intertitles
• Web links to information, articles, reviews, etc

Image Gallery

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Film Frames

Themes

• voyeurism - the man in the audience watching Patsy through his opera glasses

Cast and Crew

Directed by:

• Alfred Hitchcock
• Alma Reville - assistant director

Starring:

• Virginia Valli - Patsy Brand
• Carmelita Geraghty - Jill Cheyne
• Miles Mander - Levett
• John Stuart - Hugh Fielding
• Georg H Schnell - Oscar Hamilton
• Karl Falkenberg - Prinz Ivan
• Ferdinand Martini - Mr Sidey
• Florence Helminger - Mrs Sidey
• Lewis Brody
• Nita Naldi - Levet's Native Lover (unconfirmed)

Produced by:

• Michael Balcon
• Erich Pommer

Written by:

• Oliver Sandys - original novel
• Eliot Stannard

Photographed by:

• Gaetano di Ventimiglia

Art Direction by:

• Ludwig Reiber

Other crew:

• Alma Reville - continuity

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