The Pleasure Garden is a 1925 film (actually released in early 1927), 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 .
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.
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
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