"The Pleasure Garden" is a British/German co-production from 90 years ago and the only reason why this film is still somewhat known today I guess is because the man behind the camera was Mr. Alfred Hitchcock, in his mid-20s, with one of his earliest filmmaking efforts. He still had a long way to go to his best achievements, however. But as he was not the writer here, you cannot really blame him. The story wasn't particularly interesting. The best thing about the film was maybe the cute dog. Too bad he did not even appears in 5 scenes, even if he had the final shot. I cannot say I am familiar with anybody from the cast here, even if some of them have been prolific in film before and after this one. It is a silent (don't be fooled by the music), black-and-white film that, like so many other suffer from simply not enough intertitles to understand exactly what's going on, even if the dramatic finale was decent. Also like many other films from almost 100 years ago, this one got restored and there are several information in terms of the runtime. The version I saw was really short, barely made it beyond the 1-hour mark. Good thing though as it really wasn't a thrilling watch. Not recommended unless you're a Hitchcock completionist.
Review of The Pleasure Garden
