The Pleasure Garden
UK/Germany - 1925 - black and white
Written by: Eliot Stannard Based
upon the novel by: Cinematography by: Production design
by: Produced by: Assistant director |
Cast Virginia Valli (Patsy Brand) Carmelita Geraghty (Jill Cheyne) Miles Mander (Levett) John Stuart (Hugh Fielding) Nita Naldi (native) George Snell (Oscar Hamilton) Karl Falkenberg (landlord) Florence Helminger (his wife) Ferdinand Martini (prince Ivan) |
Patsy
Brand works in a theater called "Pleasure
Garden" as a dancer. She marries Levett, soldier of fortune, who is going to reach English colonies in the Tropics. Before leaving for her honeymoon she meets Jill, the girlfriend of her husband's friend Hugh. Thanks to Patsy's help, Jill starts working in the theater. Levett and Hugh move to the colonies and Patsy goes on with her life in London. Jill easily forgets her boyfriend and lives a luxurious life. When she finds out that her husband is ill, Patsy goes to the Tropics, but she finds out that Levett is an alcoholist and he lives with a native. The girl is very angry and leaves her husband. After the native's death Levett seems to go mad and he tries to kill his wife. The colonies' doctor has to kill him to save Patsy's life. The shocked girl meets real love with Hugh. |
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