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''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 Lindsay Gordon Anderson (17 April 1923 – 30 August 1994) was a British feature-film, theatre and documentary director, film critic, and leading-light of the Free Cinema movement and of the British New Wave. He is most widely remembered for ...
and Broughton's artistic collaborator Kermit Sheets.


Plot

Filmed among the ruins of
the Crystal Palace The Crystal Palace was a cast iron and plate glass structure, originally built in Hyde Park, London, Hyde Park, London, to house the Great Exhibition of 1851. The exhibition took place from 1 May to 15 October 1851, and more than 14,000 exhibit ...
Terraces, ''The Pleasure Garden'' is a poetic ode to desire, and winner of the Prix de Fantasie Poetique at
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in 1954. Made by the American poet James Broughton, the film features
Hattie Jacques Hattie Jacques (; born Josephine Edwina Jaques; 7 February 1922 – 6 October 1980) was an English comedy actress of stage, radio and screen. She is best known as a regular of the ''Carry On'' films, where she typically played strict, no-non ...
and
Lindsay Anderson Lindsay Gordon Anderson (17 April 1923 – 30 August 1994) was a British feature-film, theatre and documentary director, film critic, and leading-light of the Free Cinema movement and of the British New Wave. He is most widely remembered for ...
, with
John Le Mesurier John Le Mesurier (, born John Elton Le Mesurier Halliley; 5 April 191215 November 1983) was an English actor. He is perhaps best remembered for his comedic role as Sergeant Arthur Wilson in the BBC television situation c ...
as the bureaucrat determined to stamp out any form of free expression.


Cast

*
Hattie Jacques Hattie Jacques (; born Josephine Edwina Jaques; 7 February 1922 – 6 October 1980) was an English comedy actress of stage, radio and screen. She is best known as a regular of the ''Carry On'' films, where she typically played strict, no-non ...
as Mrs Albion * Diana Maddox as Bess * Kermit Sheets as Sam *
Jean Anderson Jean Anderson (12 December 1907 – 1 April 2001) was an English actress best remembered for her television roles as hard-faced matriarch Mary Hammond in the BBC drama '' The Brothers'' (1972–1976) and as rebellious aristocrat Lady Jocelyn " ...
as Aunt Minerva *
John Le Mesurier John Le Mesurier (, born John Elton Le Mesurier Halliley; 5 April 191215 November 1983) was an English actor. He is perhaps best remembered for his comedic role as Sergeant Arthur Wilson in the BBC television situation c ...
as Colonel Pall K. Gargoyle * Maxine Audley as Lady Ennui *
Derek Hart Derek Osborne Hart (18 March 1925 – 23 November 1986) was a British actor, journalist and radio presenter best known for his appearances on the BBC's current affairs programme of the 1950s and 1960s, ''Tonight''. Hart was born in Hertfordshire ...
as Lord Ennui * Jill Bennett as Miss Kellerman *
Lindsay Anderson Lindsay Gordon Anderson (17 April 1923 – 30 August 1994) was a British feature-film, theatre and documentary director, film critic, and leading-light of the Free Cinema movement and of the British New Wave. He is most widely remembered for ...
as Michael-Angelico * John Heawood as Mr Nurmi * Hilary Mackendrick as Miss Wheeling * Gladys Spencer as Mrs Jennybelle * Gontron Goulden as Doctor Hemingway *
Victoria Grayson Victoria Eleanor Grayson (''née'' Victoria Eleanor Harper) is the main antagonist of the ABC television series ''Revenge'' (2011–2015). She is portrayed by Madeleine Stowe. Stowe's portrayal of the character has received critical praise. Sh ...
as Miss Greaves *
Mary Lee Settle Mary Lee Settle (July 29, 1918 – September 27, 2005) was an American writer. She won the 1978 National Book Award for her novel ''Blood Tie''.''Blood_Tie''(1977)._This_novel,_which_received_the_National_Book_Award_in_1978,_deals_with_American ...
as Mme Paganini * Daphne Hunter as Girl in Grass


DVD release

''The Pleasure Garden'' was released on DVD in the UK by the
BFI The British Film Institute (BFI) is a film and television charitable organisation which promotes and preserves film-making and television in the United Kingdom. The BFI uses funds provided by the National Lottery to encourage film production, ...
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.


See also

*
List of avant-garde films of the 1950s This is a list of avant-garde and experimental films released in the 1950s. Unless noted, all films had sound and were in black and white. References {{Filmsbygenre Avant-garde 1950s The 1950s (pronounced nineteen-fifties; commonly ...


References


External links

* * 1953 films American short films American avant-garde and experimental films 1950s American films {{short-film-stub