Plot

Flicker Alley's presentation of The Garden Of Eden is a DVD event. This thoroughly entertaining romantic comedy from 1928 is an important film for both its beguiling star, Corrine Griffith, an early Academy Award Best Actress nominee (The Divine Lady-1929), and talented director, Lewis Milestone, a two-time Academy Award Best Director winner (Two Arabian Knights-1928; All Quiet On the Western Front-1930). The film was scripted by Hans Kraley, a scenarist of four 1920s Ernst Lubitsch comedies and contains gorgeous production design by William Cameron Menzies. This digital edition of the film is mastered from what is considered to be the best surviving elements with a new musical score arranged and performed by Robert Israel.

Stylish and sophisticated, the film follows vocalist Toni LeBrun (Corinne Griffith) who leaves her family's bakery for Budapest to become an "opera singer", unaware that she has contracted to perform as a chorus dancer at the Palais de Paris, a cabaret run by the decadent and delightfully menacing Madame Bauer (Maude George). Toni soon escapes to Monte Carlo with the cabaret's seamstress, Rosa (Louise Dresser), after warding off the wily cabaret patron, Baron Henri D'Avril (Lowell Sherman). At the delux Hotel Eden, Toni attracts the attention of potential suitor Richard Dupont (Charles Ray), but she's in danger of being exposed before he asks for her hand. Dueling attention from Richard's uncle, Colonel Dupont (Edward Martindel), and a surprise guest create further romantic adventures for the couple. Celebrate the rediscovery of this silent gem in its best ever DVD presentation.

Additional Information

• Country: United States
• Language: English
• Format: NTSC
• Aspect Ratio: 4:3 (standard TV)
• Color: Black & White
• Sound: Mono