“GARDEN OF EDEN”

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 335, 21 April 1928, Page 14

“GARDEN OF EDEN”

CORINNE GRIFFITH AS EVE Since the essence of a good picture is facile intermingling of drama and comedy, geared to, sympathetic characters, Corinne Griffith’s picture, “The Garden of Eden,” might well be called a tincture of entertainment. It is a saturated solution of laughter and novel emotional climaxes, and it is just about what the doctor ordered! Any scene which holds powerful dramatic a.ppeal, enlists appreciation of the audience, and then is crowned by comedy, approaches greatness And there are several such situations in “The Garden of Eden”—notably the wedding MJss Griffith deserts, charmingly but unconventionally garbed! It happens to be her own wedding, and the star plays the role beautifully, with a full understanding of its amusing as well as its emotional qualities. An unusual love story is hard to find, but Miss Griffith has discovered it in this picture; and to make it complete the yarn is fraught with fun. “The Garden of Eden” takes its name from the gardens of the Hotel Eden, near Monte Carlo, not from the original playground of Biblical fame. But there is a clever parallel to the original Garden of Eden which bobs up during the unfolding of the tale —even to the apples and the snake. The snake, in this instance, is one Henri Glessmg, admirably played by Lowell Sherman. Louise Dresser is effective in the part of the indigent but good-hearted baroness, while the rest of the supporting cast is up to the high standard set by the principals. Miss Griffin herself has rarely given so superb a performance.