The Pleasure Garden (1925 film)

The Pleasure Garden
American theatrical release poster
Directed byAlfred Hitchcock
Screenplay byEliot Stannard
Based onThe Pleasure Garden
by Oliver Sandys
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyGaetano di Ventimiglia
Music byLee Erwin
Production
companies
Distributed byWoolf & Freedman Film Service (UK)
Release dates
  • 8 January 1926 (1926-01-08) (Berlin)
  • 12 April 1926 (1926-04-12) (UK)
Running time
90 minutes (2012 restoration)
CountriesUnited Kingdom
Germany
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

The Pleasure Garden is a 1926 silent drama film directed by Alfred Hitchcock in his feature film directorial debut. Based on the 1923 novel by Oliver Sandys, The Pleasure Garden is about two chorus girls, played by Virginia Valli and Carmelita Geraghty, at the Pleasure Garden Theatre in London and their troubled relationships. An international co-production of the United Kingdom and Germany, the film premiered in Berlin on 8 January 1926 (as Irrgarten der Leidenschaft).