The Garden of Eden

Feb 4, 1928

1h 16m

★ 5.6

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!

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.

Genres

Drama

Comedy

Romance

Production Companies

Feature Productions

United Artists

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Cast

Toni LeBrun

Corinne Griffith

Rosa

Louise Dresser

Henri D'Avril

Lowell Sherman

Madame Bauer

Maude George

Richard Dupont

Charles Ray

Colonel Dupont

Edward Martindel

One of Richard's Aunts (uncredited)

Carrie Daumery

Monte Carlo Telephone Operator (uncredited)

Dot Farley

Headwaiter at Palais de Paris (uncredited)

Tenen Holtz

Busboy (uncredited)

Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

Palais de Paris Refuse Man (uncredited)

George Beranger

(uncredited)

Bertram Marburgh

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