The Garden of Eden (1928 film)

The Garden of Eden is a 1928 silent film starring Corinne Griffith. It was adapted from Avery Hopwoods shortlived stage production.

A Viennese ingnue named Toni LeBrun, Corinne Griffith, is determined not to be content in her current life, staying with her aunt and uncle and working in their pretzel bakery. The young girl earns a correspondence course degree as an opera singer and dreams of fame on the stage. She decides to leave her small town life, traveling to Budapest to answer an ad from the Palais de Paris. However, the ad was a sham, a way to get girls for cheap stage shows and more, for its wealthier clientele.When she arrives, Toni is confused when the manager, the lecherous and quite possibly lesbian Madame Bauer Maude George, asks her to show her bare legs in lieu of exhibiting her singing voice. She is hired nonetheless, having been deemed sexy enough, while still ignorant of the setup. She refuses to wear the skimpy costume assigned and is given a white puritanstyle costume instead. Before the show, the manager greets aristocrat Henri DAvril Lowell Sherman, giving him a menu of sorts of the showgirls from which to choose. When he asks if there is anyone new, he is directed to Tonis name on the program. When Toni begins her performance in earnest, the audience starts to slumber, given her conservative dress. But the manager directs a lighting change, which causes her translucent clothing become highly revealing and quite nearly seethrough. Through their reaction, Toni realizes what has happened and runs off the stage where she is comforted by the wardrobe woman, Rosa Louise Dresser, the only friend shes made since arriving in the city. ........

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