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Encyclopedia > The Pleasure Garden (film)
The Pleasure Garden
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Produced by Michael Balcon
Erich Pommer
Written by Oliver Sandys
Eliot Stannard
Starring Virginia Valli
Carmelita Geraghty
Miles Mander
Music by
Cinematography Gaetano di Ventimiglia
Editing by
Distributed by Wardour Films Ltd.
Released November 3, 1925 (Munich)
March 1, 1926 (London premiere)
Running time 75 min.
Language Silent film
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IMDb profile

The Pleasure Garden is a 1925 film, and the debut feature of Alfred Hitchcock. Michael Balcon allowed Hitchcock to direct the film when Graham Cutts, a jealous executive at Gainsborough Pictures, would not allow him to work on The Rat. The story concerns two chorus girls at The Pleasure Garden Theatre, in London, Patsy Brand and Jill Cheyne. It was shot in Italy and Germany. It was based on a novel by Oliver Sandys. Image File history File links The_pleasure_garden. ... Alfred Hitchcock introduces the Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode The Sorcerers Apprentice. ... Sir Michael Balcon (May 19, 1896–October 17, 1977) was a British film producer, best known for his work with the Ealing Studios. ... November 3 is the 307th day of the year (308th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 58 days remaining. ... 1925 (MCMXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... March 1 is the 60th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (61st in leap years). ... 1926 (MCMXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1925 (MCMXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... Look up film in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Alfred Hitchcock introduces the Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode The Sorcerers Apprentice. ... Sir Michael Balcon (May 19, 1896–October 17, 1977) was a British film producer, best known for his work with the Ealing Studios. ... The film director, on the right, gives last minute direction to the cast and crew, whilst filming a costume drama on location in London. ... Gainsborough Pictures was a film studio based in Islington, London, active between 1924 and 1951. ... Part of the London skyline viewed from the South Bank London is the most populous city in the European Union, with an estimated population on 1 January 2005 of 7. ... DeFoes Robinson Crusoe, Newspaper edition published in 1719 A novel (from French nouvelle, new) is an extended fictional narrative in prose. ...


Many misfortunes befell the cast and crew. This included a serious depletion of their budget when Gaetano Ventimiglia, the film's cinematographer tried to hide the film from Italian custom's officials. The trick failed, and they had to pay fines, and buy new film. It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Cinematography. ...


Cast and crew

  • Virginia Valli: Patsy Brand
  • Carmelita Geraghty: Jill Cheyne
  • Miles Mander: Levet
  • John Stuart: Hugh Fielding
  • Ferdinand Martini: Mr. Sidey
  • Florence Helminger: Mrs. Sidey
  • Georg H. Schnell: Oscar Hamilton
  • Karl Falkenberg; Prince Ivan
  • Nita Naldi; Levet's Native Lover

A film producer oversees the making of movies. ... Sir Michael Balcon (May 19, 1896–October 17, 1977) was a British film producer, best known for his work with the Ealing Studios. ... The film director, on the right, gives last minute direction to the cast and crew, whilst filming a costume drama on location in London. ... Alfred Hitchcock introduces the Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode The Sorcerers Apprentice. ... A screenplay or script is a blueprint for producing a motion picture. ... Assistant director is a movie term for an assistant to the director whose duties include tracking the progress of filming versus the production schedule, and preparing call sheets. ... Alma Reville (August 14, 1899 – July 6, 1982 in Bel-Air, Los Angeles, California) was an actress, assistant director and the wife of Alfred Hitchcock, whom she met while working as an assistant director on one of his first films. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Cinematography. ... This page is about various people named John Stuart; for the host of the Daily Show, see Jon Stewart. ... Nita Naldi Nita Naldi (April 1, 1897 - February 17, 1961) was one of the most successful silent film actresses of the Roaring Twenties. ...

External links

Alfred Hitchcock's films
1920s: The Pleasure Garden | The Mountain Eagle | The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog | Downhill | Easy Virtue | The Ring | The Farmer's Wife | Champagne | The Manxman | Blackmail | 1930s: Juno and the Paycock | Murder! | Elstree Calling | The Skin Game | Mary | Number Seventeen | Rich and Strange | Waltzes from Vienna | The Man Who Knew Too Much | The Thirty-Nine Steps | Secret Agent | Sabotage | Young and Innocent | The Lady Vanishes | Jamaica Inn | 1940s: Rebecca | Foreign Correspondent | Mr. & Mrs. Smith | Suspicion | Saboteur | Shadow of a Doubt | Lifeboat | Aventure Malgache | Bon Voyage | Spellbound | Notorious | The Paradine Case | Rope | Under Capricorn | 1950s: Stage Fright | Strangers on a Train | I Confess | Dial M for Murder | Rear Window | To Catch a Thief | The Trouble With Harry | The Man Who Knew Too Much | The Wrong Man | Vertigo | North by Northwest | 1960s: Psycho | The Birds | Marnie | Torn Curtain | Topaz | 1970s: Frenzy | Family Plot


 

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