The Garden of Eden
(1928) American
B&W : Feature film
Directed by Lewis Milestone

Cast: Corinne Griffith [Toni Lebrun], Charles Ray [Richard Dupont], Louise Dressler [Rosa De Garcer], Lowell Sherman [Henri D’Avril], Edward Martindel [Colonel Dupont], Maude George [Madame F. Bauer]; Freeman Wood [musical director], Hank Mann [railroad conductor]

Feature Productions, Incorporated, production; distributed by United Artists Corporation. / Scenario by Hans Kraly (Hanns Kräly), from adaptation by Avery Hopwood of the play Der Garten Eden (The Garden of Eden) by Rudolf Bernauer and Rudolf Oesterreicher. Production supervised by John W. Considine Jr. Art direction by William Cameron Menzies. Set decoration by Casey Roberts. Assistant director, Nate Watt. Cinematography by John Arnold. Intertitles by George Marion Jr. Edited by John Orlando. Presented by Walter Morosco. / © 30 January 1928 by Feature Productions, Incorporated [LP24926]. Released 4 February 1928. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.37:1 format. / AFI-F2 n. F2.2016 mistakenly lists Ray’s character name as Richard Spanyi and Sherman’s character name as Henry von Glessing. / Silent film.

Comedy-Drama: Society.

Synopsis: Synopsis available in AFI-F2 n. F2.2016.

Survival Status: Print exists [35mm positive].

Keywords: Hungary: Budapest - Musicians: Pianists - Singers - Transportation: Trains

Listing updated: 20 July 2009.

References: Film credits, film viewing : AFI-F2 n. F2.2016; Kobal-Fifty p. 45; Limbacher-Feature p. 90 : ClasIm-225 p. 48.

Home video: DVD.