The Garden of Eden
If you think you're blasé - if you believe nothing on earth can make you perk up and stare - this is the film to see! It's a fascinating folderol of fun!
1928 · 1h 16m · NOT RATED
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Directed by
Lewis Milestone
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The Garden of Eden
Overview
Toni Le Brun, a beautiful Viennese singer, becomes the ward of the wardrobe mistress of a Monte Carlo nightclub. Her benefactor, however, is actually a baroness incognito. Toni falls in love with the handsome Richard, but as they prepare to marry, she comes to believe he is only after the wealth accompanying her new noble status. But truth, like true love, will not be kept secret long.
Director and cast
- Lewis Milestone Director
- Corinne Griffith as Toni LeBrun
- Louise Dresser as Rosa
- Lowell Sherman as Henri D'Avril
- Maude George as Madame Bauer
- Charles Ray as Richard Dupont
- Edward Martindel as Colonel Dupont
- Carrie Daumery as One of Richard's Aunts (uncredited)
- Dot Farley as Monte Carlo Telephone Operator (uncredited)
- Tenen Holtz as Headwaiter at Palais de Paris (uncredited)
- Douglas Fairbanks Jr. as Busboy (uncredited)
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