The Pleasure Garden (1953 film)
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Genre Short Duration Director Music director Stanley Bate | 7/10 IMDb Writer James Broughton Initial release 1953 Running time 38 minutes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Initial DVD release February 15, 2010 (United Kingdom) Cast (Mrs Albion), (Col Pall K Gargoyle), (Michael-Angelico), (Sam), (Miss Kellerman) Similar movies BIG JOY: The Adventures of James Broughton (2013) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The pleasure garden 1953 a film by james broughton
The Pleasure Garden is a short film written and directed by James Broughton in 1953. Among its crew was Peter Price as sound editor. Cast members included the subsequent director Lindsay Anderson and Broughton's artistic collaborator Kermit Sheets.
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- The pleasure garden 1953 a film by james broughton
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- Synopsis
- Cast
- DVD release
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The pleasure garden 1925 full silent film alfred hitchcock
Synopsis
Filmed among the ruins of the Crystal Palace Terraces, The Pleasure Garden is a poetic ode to desire, and winner of the Prix de Fantasie Poetique at Cannes in 1954. Made by the American poet James Broughton, the film features Hattie Jacques and Lindsay Anderson, with John Le Mesurier as the bureaucrat determined to stamp out any form of free expression.
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DVD release
The Pleasure Garden was released on DVD in the UK by the BFI on 15 February 2010. The release also includes The Phoenix Tower (UK, 1957, 39 min.), a short documentary charting the construction of the BBC's Crystal Palace Television Tower, plus a fully illustrated booklet with film notes, an original review and a history of the Crystal Palace.
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The Pleasure Garden (1953 film) WikipediaThe Pleasure Garden (1952 film) IMDb The Pleasure Garden (1953 film) themoviedb.org