THE PLEASURE GARDEN (US, 1953, James Broughton)

THE PLEASURE GARDEN (US, 1953, James Broughton)

A joyous musical fantasy celebrating “Love in the Park” and “the victory of the pleasure principle over all prudes and killjoys,” THE PLEASURE GARDEN was made in London and shot in the ruined gardens of the Crystal Palace. Winner of the Prix de Fantasie Poetique at the 1954 Cannes Film Festival, it is widely regarded as the crowning achievement of James Broughton’s early film career.

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