Kiss Me Quick/House on Bare Mountain

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Yes, it's Monsters a-Go-Go as your favorite ghouls go ga-ga over the nudist nudes in this nutty and naughty Nudie-Cutie-Horror-Comedy Double Feature. "Kiss Me Quick!" (1964, 69 min.) - Sterilox, a not-too-bright alien, visits the castle of mad Dr. Breedlove in search of the "perfect female specimen." Faster than you can say "Kiss Me Quick!," he's introduced to Breedlove's lingerie-clad creations that happily bump and grind in the dungeon. "House on Bare Mountain" (1962, 60 min.) - Granny Good and all the sexy girls in the House on Bare Mountain are throwing their annual Halloween ball and you're invited! But beware--Frankenstein, Dracula and Krakow, Granny's 7-foot-tall pet werewolf, are all looking for love. Monsters never had it this good!

Customer Reviews:

Very Unique.......2005-02-15

This film is very unique. If you can overlook how cheaply it was made, and believe me, that alone will be a tough task, you will be pleasantly surprised as to how funny it is.

Max Gardens plays Dr Breedlove over the top and is consistently hilarious throughout the entire film. The plot, what there is of one, consists of an alien (Frank Coe) coming to earth to seek the perfect female speciman. Of course, Dr Breedlove is the 'onestop' he needs to make. The models used are all attractive and are reasonably well built. Althea Currier never looked better than she did in this film. She will really knock your socks off. She's the total package. No wonder Russ Meyer used her in three films. Blondes Claudia Banks and Jackie DeWitt are also in the film.

The DVD also offers commentary by producer Harry Novak. I think this film is a must buy for any lover of the 'nudie cutie' era.

The Grand Glom, Dictionary Recitals, And Monsters Galore.......2004-08-02

This is yet another double feature from Something Weird. The theme here is "monsters" but you won't be overwhelmingly terrified. I had heard of "Kiss Me Quick", and knew it was the first film from Harry Novak, who became a legend at the same level as Doris Wishman. "Kiss Me Quick" has to be seen to be believed. The plot concerns Sterilox, an androgynous guy wearing a colander on his head with huge feathered plumage sticking out of the top, from the Buttless Galaxy being sent to Earth by the Grand Glom to bring back a perfect woman. He is dispatched to the lab of Dr. Breedlove (who has a very annoying penchant to attempt mimicry of Peter Sellers from "Dr. Strangelove", hence the name) to study his experimental specimens, most of whom spend their day dancing with test tubes and Florence flasks. Dr. Breedlove (whom Sterilox constantly refers to as "Dr. Birdseed" for some reason) sports what may go down in history as the worst makeup on record. He and Sterilox share what may be the most painfully written dialogue in history, mostly because it is filled with unbelievably bad puns. For instance Breedlove has a mummy chauffeur he calls "Selfish". Why is she called selfish? Because she's all wrapped up in herself. This gives you only some idea of the depths of the puns involved here.

Some of the girls are attractive, but one of them has on a black wig so tall that she can dust the acoustic tiles on the ceiling with it. Also featured are the worst Frankenstein monster and Dracula in screen history. I thought this film would be bad, but I had no clue how truly awful it would be. As a bonus there is an audio commentary track with Harry Novak for this feature, which is actually more interesting to listen to than the onscreen action, which admittedly isn't saying a lot. There was also this chestnut of wisdom offered up by Dr. Breedlove to Sterilox, which is the line by which I will always remember the movie: "I show you Lady Godiva, and you ask me if her horse can play the piano! Who cares?" This is truly a work of staggering proportions.

"House On Bare Mountain" is actually an order of magnitude stupider than "Kiss Me Quick". It features the mangiest Werewolf I have ever seen working for 13 cents a day in the basement of an all girl school which is also a cover for a moonshine distillery. It is all run by drag queen Granny Good and the feds attempt a raid during a Halloween party with unexpected results. The film actually has fairly clever framing shots at the beginning and end, but that's about all that is clever here. You must see the Werewolf, named Krakow, to believe how bad stage makeup can be. The film has an extremely diverting subplot about a coed studying the dictionary. If that sounds really boring, you are correct: it is. There are a couple of amusing credits in the opening sequence including "Hair Styles by Hoover Vacuum" to divert your attention from the dreadful onscreen performances to come. Ultimately Granny Good isn't undone by law enforcement, but by the unions, specifically UWA (United Werewolves of America) Local 47 who protests Krakow's sub par wage scale.

The amazing degree of ineptitude seen in the two features is only eclipsed by the special features. Particularly noteworthy is one about the watusi, which will lead you to think that in order to perform this dance correctly, the dancer must execute complex semaphore signals with feather dusters. The worst by far is one titled "The Vampire and the Vixen", which to me seemed utterly pointless. I actually watched it a second time to make sure I hadn't missed a key plot device. I hadn't. You watch it and tell me exactly what the rising action, climax, and denouement are supposed to be. I sure couldn't figure it out.

This is entertaining stuff for people who like extremely bad monster movies. Of course there are some risque bits, which would probably garner an R-rating today, but it is in no way titillating. This is just bad cinema at its very worst. This isn't really a genre that I am normally nuts about, but I will say that for what these films are, they are kind of fun to laugh at.

One GREAT really BAD movie. You've got to love it!.......2004-07-19

OK Kiss Me Quick is one quirky film with very little plot and enough bare chested women to go around for all. The make-up/FX are so lame you have to laugh and say THAT'S GREAT, the dialog is priceless. If they invested a $1000 (in todays money) to make this film I'd be shocked. The prop are comical the look is comical and the story ... what story? You have Sterilox the alien from the Buttless Galaxy on a mission to to find "the perfect female specimen" to take back home to be slave girls. And the strange Dr. Bleedlove with his lab full of scantly clad beauties with his tripped out Dracula voice is to to scream for. If you are looking for a good time with a cheap sleezy movie this is the one. I'm sure this was backroom stuff in 1964 that would cause young boys to go blind, but by todays standards it might get an soft "R" rating at best. There is nothing explict or vulgar, no dirty words that I recall hearing, pretty much a bunch of topless GO-GO dancer on film trying their hardest to look sexy to point it's funny with a semi-plot and 1 movie actors. I'd call this a great party film or even a date film with the wife. Watch it with the sound then watch it again and add your own just make sure you have some cheesy 60's go-go music to put on. Call it Movie-oke! Check out more of these from Something Weird Video and thank them for saving these classic-cheesy-campy-cutie-nudie films from the 50's and 60's. The House on Bare Mountian is just as campy. The extra are plenty and it is well worth adding to your collection if you are at all interested in the locker-room films of the 60's. It's not for the kids, but it's nowhere as bad as some of the films out today that they watch. 5 Stars just because it's so bad it's great.

Yet another pair of strange nudie cutie horrors!.......2002-07-08

There are not many Nudie Cutie horror films out there, Something Weird Video has released another DVD that I would say is much better than this with the 2 flicks Monster From Camp Sunshine and The Beast That Killed Women, you would think that these two films being more advanced would show more nudity but they showed less (not that it matters), the special features as noted from the DVD are:
*Digitally Remastered, *Original Theatrical Trailers
*KISS ME QUICK! Audio commentary by Producer Harry Novak
*The KISS ME QUICK! girls in the Threatrical Featurettes Hot Hot Skin and The Nudie Watusi
*Archival Short Subject #1: Natasha in Natasha's Suburban Sexercise
*Archival Short Subject #2: Natasha in Strip Tease Queen
*Archival Short Subject #3: Werewolf Bongo Party
*Archival Short Subject #4: The Vampire and the Vixen
*Gallery of Sixties Sexploitation Art with Radio-Spot Rarities
I would say this is a really weird film that you will find entertaining but does not live up to the others named above, not that I don't like it, I just found the others more unique and just funner to watch but still you need to get this. There are not many films like this out there, why wouldn't you want this in your collection? Both films are in color and as said in the WARNING: This program contains nudity and really bad jokes!

No shock - All schlock!.......2001-08-20

Schlock lovers will undoubtedly enjoy this feast o'fun...I did! What plot? Half-bare semi-babes and moth-eaten monsters cavort in sexless activities with very bad puns...seemingly lifted out of the early issues of Famous Monsters Magazine. The girls do their best to be sexy, wetting their lips in close-up but they only induce laughter. "Kiss Me Quick" has a Stan Laurel-type character while "House On Bare Mountain" features a Jonathan Winters/Maude Frickert character. Does this help the plot? No, but it just makes it more enjoyable. If you're still in the dark about what these films are about, so am I...and I watched the darn things! It's very bad, but that makes it good. Add this to your monster film collection - but keep it out of range of the kiddies!

Greatest Heroes and Legends of the Bible: The Garden of Eden

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Very inaccurate.
Disappointing/mediocre
Not worth the money - If truth matters to you
My kids love it!

Greatest Heroes and Legends of the Bible: The Garden of Eden
Director: Bill Kowalchuk
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ASIN: B00008DDGN
Release Date: 2003-04-01

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Very inaccurate........2007-03-25

I agree with T. Rose's review. The fish turned to tiger's (evolution), God was presented as the "all seeing eye". Eve was Adam's "friend" instead of wife. The list goes on. We were very disappointed.

Disappointing/mediocre.......2007-02-15

I agree with the above review about the several problems with this video. I just ordered all 13 dvd's of this series. We watched Jonah last night, and that was a good one. This was was disappointing. I don't understand why these bible series' can't just stick to the story as it is written in scriptures.

1)They have to add all these imaginary things that never happen in real life.

2)In this particular video they added way too much dialog that isn't noted in the scripture, some which is questionable.

3)I totally hated how they didn't follow the scriptures consistantly in this story. They had Adam and Eve name the animals instead of Adam naming them before Eve was created. This was probably done to keep from offending people who are feminists. I hate that kind of stuff with a passion.

4) I did not care for God being an all seeing eye--which is a masonic/cult symbol.

The above review by T. Rose is a good one. If you want to read a very good review, I would point you to read his.

Not worth the money - If truth matters to you.......2006-06-09

Even though Charlton Heston gives a 3 star rating for the opening 5 minutes dialog explaining what happened in the garden. The animation was very troubling.
1) They had fish turn into tigers.
2) They had land animals created on the 5th day instead of the 6th.
3) They had God as the "All seeing eye"
4) They had Eve being created before the naming of the animals.
5) They had the angels guarding the garden look more like little mad children rather than something to fear.
6) They had the fig leaves magically became animal skins
7) Oh yeah the big one. They have our whole purpose is to make it back to the Garden of Eden.

Each of these troubling parts is very important when trying to explain what the Bible really says. You may think I am too legalist about these items. That is fine for truth does matter to me and for my children. I over looked a lot of creative liberty in the story, but the above mentioned problems I can not over look. If you want any truth avoid this video.

My kids love it!.......2005-01-05

My 5 and 4yo daughters love this series in general. I haven't seen many other bible videos to compare this to but the story really helped bring Adam, Eve, Cain and Abel to life. It also sparked lots of questions to discuss with my children.

The Garden of Eden ~ Creation Science Evangelism Seminar Part 2

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Great movie about before the flood!

The Garden of Eden ~ Creation Science Evangelism Seminar Part 2

Manufacturer: Creation Science Evangelism
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ASIN: B000JOL79U

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*** WHAT WAS THE GARDEN OF EDEN LIKE? "THE GARDEN OF EDEN," PART TWO OF THE SEMINAR SERIES, DESCRIBES THE EARTH AS IT WAS BEFORE THE WORLDWIDE FLOOD. DR. HOVIND EXPLAINS IN DETAIL HOW IT WAS POSSIBLE FOR MAN TO LIVE OVER 900 YEARS, FOR PLANTS AND ANIMALS TO GROW MUCH LARGER THAN TODAY, AND FOR DINOSAURS TO THRIVE ALONG WITH MAN. ***

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Great movie about before the flood!.......2007-06-03

Ever imagine what the Garden of Eden was like? Dr Hovind's vivid descriptions will intrigue your imagination! The Garden of Eden, part two of the seminar series, describes the earth as it was before the worldwide flood. Dr. Hovind explains in detail how it was possible for man to live over 900 years, for plants and animals to grow much larger than today, and for dinosaurs to thrive along with man.

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The Loss of Sexual Innocence
OH my goodness
Very Odd, Slightly Innovative
Too Artsy-Fartsy
Gotta see it to believe it.

The Loss of Sexual Innocence
Starring: Julian Sands , Saffron Burrows , Stefano Dionisi , Kelly Macdonald , and Gina McKee
Director: Mike Figgis
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ASIN: 0767837371
Release Date: 1999-12-07

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At turns both mesmerizing and frustrating, Mike Figgis's 1999 experimental feature interweaves an audacious dramatization of the Adam and Eve myth with autobiographical vignettes from the director's life. In Figgis's golden rendering of the Genesis tale, the first humans are a black man (Femi Ogumbanjo) and a white woman (Hanne Klintoe), who emerge one day, fully formed, from a lake, and regard each other with playful wonder. They discover, like children, their anatomical differences, and explore the surrounding green paradise until coming upon the tree of knowledge. From this they eat and almost instantly reevaluate one another with a steely lust. Thus their, and our, fabled fall from grace ends in the mire of sexual possession and walled-off feeling, a tragedy that Figgis (Leaving Las Vegas) uses as a touchstone for the contemporary story of a filmmaker named Nic (Julian Sands). Nic's own youthful experiences with various kinds of formative humiliation, including finding his teenage girlfriend in bed with his best friend, are presented as flashbacks meant to resonate with his marital unhappiness today. Less clear are other moments out of time that don't particularly connect with Figgis's major theme, especially an odd development in which twin sisters (both played by Saffron Burrows), each unaware of the other's existence, have a fleeting, worlds-are-colliding encounter at an airport. Figgis also reaches into a grab bag of Nic's other old sorrows, things that don't uniquely inform or enhance the film's point, and muddies things up a bit. But the sheer hubris of marrying a myth with a memoir carries the day here, and Figgis leaps the hurdle of potential self-parody with a certain courage. --Tom Keogh

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The Loss of Sexual Innocence.......2007-01-13

Based to a great extent on the authors life experiences, this film consists of a series of interwoven allegories based on the eternal values of good, evil, and retribution. Autobiographical scenes taken from the authors own life often portray a reality which makes you feel that you may have once been there yourself.
This is one of a handful of films which have to be regarded as great literature. You won't watch it just once.

OH my goodness.......2006-05-31

This movie changed my life!!!
the plot line was so good it was awful
i had no idea what the movie was about
it jumped from a dog getting humped to a little blue person being hit by a car
it is amazing
if i had to watch one movie over and over again in my life
this wouldnt be it
but it would be number 2 or 3 on my list because it is that good
now back to the little blue person
what was that about i mean if i hit a little blue guy i would not stop driving
i would actually drive faster
thats just me
but anyways this movie makes you wanna cut your friend in his sleep the apply rubbing alcohol and neosporin to the cut and then put a bandaid on it while your friend is still alseep
thats how good it is
and theres some relgious crap in there too
overall
you must see this movie

Very Odd, Slightly Innovative.......2006-04-20

I've never seen a movie by Mike Figgis (although I just rented "Leaving Las Vegas" and will watch it later) and I don't know what drew me to see this movie, but Figgis has a very interesting vision. The movie somehow stretches 103 minutes with little events or dialouge occuring. However, I barely noticed the lack of dialouge until much later in the film. The unique thing is events do occur when there is no dialouge. The movie does have a plot that unfolds very quickly and it has some of the strangest plot points I've ever seen. No synopsis could accurately describe what this movie is about or what it's going to look like, but I'll try. The movie begins in Kenya, where we meet a young boy named Nic who watches a young Kenyan girl read to an old man from The Bible in nothing but lingerie. Then, years later, Nic is with his girlfriend (who's name I don't recall) who's father has just died. She ignores him and he catches her necking with some guy in her room. Then, we go back and watch as they attempt to have sex on the floor but are caught by her father who doesn't even notice what they were trying to do. Then, we meet Nic years later. Nic is married and has a young son and his marriage is obviously (although we are never told this directly) in turmoil. But, that's OK because Nic has a mistress who also happens to work with him. He's a film producer and he's traveling to some other country to shoot a movie. During all this, we are shown short vignettes of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, discovering new things. The entire story (with no dialouge whatsoever) is told here. The snake, the fruit. Except they're thrown out by a bunch of cops and barking dogs. Odd. Some of these scenes are very explicit too (especially the ones where both of them urinate), I'm amazed they got away with only an R rating. But, as I've mentioned; there's a huge lack of dialouge.
This would be unbearable if it weren't for the score. The music in this film is absolutely amazing (and composed by Figgis, talented guy) and I'm surprised it didn't get Oscar nominated. I do agree with a lot of the reviews on this site, but this movie is pretty affecting in some parts which really does show talent if you're capable of having an affect on someone with out saying anything. The Adam & Eve section could be deleted from the film and they would not have to edit out a single other scene and the movie would still be good. But the movie's heart & soul really is these scenes. They're beautiful, if not a bit creepy. But, this is a strange movie that is not something you need to add to your DVD collection and it's not a movie you'd probably watch again. But the first time you watch it, it's a strange/weird/creepy experience.
I do recommend it, but rent it before buying.

GRADE: A-

Too Artsy-Fartsy.......2004-10-23

I will grant that I don't watch a lot of art or independant films, but I checked this one out because I think Saffron Burrows is a fine actress and incredibly beautiful. This movie seems to be trying to impress people with an "artistic" re-invention of the Garden of Eden tale woven with a more modern tale. I got what he was trying to say with this (or at least most of it), but I thought the movie and its' message just didn't work.

Gotta see it to believe it........2004-04-27

2001: A Space Odyssey meets Blue Velvet. It's as carefully paced and music-laden as the former, as far from redemption as the latter. Don't read any blurbs or summaries, just watch it.

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you said it, Graceann!
Splendid Romantic Comedy
A Stylish and Enjoyable Silent
Sheer Delight
IN THE BEST ROMANTIC STYLE.

The Garden of Eden (Deluxe Edition)
Starring: Corinne Griffith , Louise Dresser , Lowell Sherman , Maude George , and Charles Ray
Director: Lewis Milestone
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ASIN: B00007F8OC
Release Date: 2002-11-06

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An absolutely terrific silent comedy, wittily played and polished like a gem. Jazz-age cutie Corrine Griffith stars as a showbiz-minded girl who leaves her humble family of bakers ("I could never be satisfied making pretzels all my life") in Budapest. In a hilarious sequence, she tries her hand at hifalutin "opera singing" while employed at a distinctly questionable cabaret in Paris. Somehow this leads to impersonating royalty at a fancy hotel in Monte Carlo, with the expected confusions and complications. The delightful blend of sophistication and slapstick recalls the comedies of Ernst Lubitsch, but it was directed by Lewis Milestone, best known for the Oscar®-winning All Quiet on the Western Front, made two years later. Adding fun is the delightfully debauched presence of Lowell Sherman, a popular actor and director of the era (and a lounge lizard before his time), as a tuxedo-clad baron on the make. --Robert Horton

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you said it, Graceann!.......2006-07-11

I was going title my review "A Sheer Delight," but in another critique listed here Graceann beat me to it! So I can only second that assessment!

I recently attended a library-sponsored film series, where the speaker said he hadn't programmed comedies because they don't age well and he doesn't find them funny. Well, that film expert hasn't seen *Garden of Eden* (nor, apparently *Gold Diggers of 1935*).

I was interested in this film because I'd researched the career of Lewis Milestone years ago, and also because my Amazon travels have introduced me to the hitherto unfamiliar Lowell Sherman--who, when directing himself in one early talkie, seemed a mirror of John Barrymore, only to turn out to be Barrymore's real-life brother-in-law. Sherman is a tad more youthful in this late silent, but his sound films allow him to use his voice to considerable comedic effect.

Watching this silent, I found myself laughing out loud on several occasions. And just when it looks like they're about to repeat a joke from an earlier plot segment, they take the story into new territory. I fear I'm of an age and temperament that doesn't equate "film comedy" with the current American trend in bodily function humor. In contrast, this film manages to be just plain funny from start to finish--and risque on its own terms.

If in the future I organize my own library-film-society series on the movie musical, I'll open with *Garden of Eden*--yes, a SILENT musical! Abetted by an excellent music accompaniment on this DVD.

One final observation: contemporary audiences might find the color short subject "The Toy Shop" disturbing, which is more of a commentary on our own "sophisticated decadence" than on the admitted sentimentalism of that earlier time.

Splendid Romantic Comedy.......2006-05-24

The Garden of Eden referrs to the outside of a prestigious hotel where most of the action in this film happens. However, in order to get there, we must backtrack. The film begins with Corinne Griffith, a girl named Toni with ambitions to become an opera star. She leaves her family to go to Budapest and is reduced to appearing in a cheap showgirl act. After being fired for being unwilling to comply to a wealthy man's advances, she and seamstress friend Rosa (Louise Dressler) team up together as mother and daughter. It is revealed that Rosa is really a Baroness and the two plan to live a life of luxury for a couple of weeks on her annual pension. In the process, Toni falls in love with an enthusiastic man (Charles Ray). It seems that the story will end there, in a typical halo of happiness, but an unexpected twist continues the story.

This film is a delightful romantic-comedy. What makes it exceptional is the artistic aspects. Lewis Milestone has directed a truly beautiful film here with fun traveling shots, playful use of deep focus, and glorious halos of light around the stars. The print is slightly scratched, but the images are clear and crisp. Griffith does a splendid job in the starring role; her subtle acting style does not degrade the film at all. Robert Israel has composed a fitting music score for this release.

Included are two short subjects. The first is The Toy Shop, a two strip technicolor film about a little girl's dream inside a toy shop on Christmas. The print is fuzzy and it seems it was included because of the lost color dream sequence from The Garden of Eden. The second short is called Hollywood The Unusual, evidence of why Hollywood is so alluring to tourists. It roams over the various styles of buildings ranging from English, French, Spanish, Middle Eastern, Aztec, African, and the Egyptian and Chinese designs for Grauman's famous theaters. The film is clear and beautifully restored.

This DVD is truly worth the money.

A Stylish and Enjoyable Silent.......2006-05-10

This beautifully produced and sophisticated film starring the lovely Corinne Griffith made in that period just before sound pictures would overtake silent art remains as fresh and entertaining today as it was when introduced to the moviegoing public of the age.

Lewis Milestone, like King Vidor, Frank Borzage, Cecil B DeMille, and Allan Dwan, would bridge that gap between silent and sound film and be successful at both. Perhaps best remembered today by noir buffs for "The Strange Love of Martha Ivers" and film buffs in general for "All Quiet On the Western Front," he should also be remembered for "The Garden of Eden."

A lovely score which is integral rather than distracting and some stunningly stylish art direction from the great William Cameron Menzies add just the perfect touch to the duo of Corinne Griffith and Louise Dresser. The film very much has the look of those glossy Paramount productions from the early 1930's when it ruled Hollywood.

Toni LeBrun (Corinne Griffith) is shocked when she shows up at a Paris cabaret for what she thinks is a job singing opera. Her first shock will come when she meets Madame Bauer, a woman who dresses more like the other gender. She bills Toni as the "pleasant embarrassment" for her decadent male patrons. A trick with the lighting will show off Toni's beautiful legs but prove the last straw for Toni and Madame Bauer's assistant, played winningly by Louise Dresser.

Dresser is actually a Baroness with a pension who only works at the cabaret in Paris so she can travel to Monte Carlo for two weeks of the year and live like royalty at The Garden of Eden Hotel. She will take Toni under her wing as a mother would which brings about some funny and romantic complications in Monte Carlo.

To reveal more would not be prudent but suffice it to say many sophisticated comedies of the 1930's owe a great deal to "The Garden of Eden." Milestone's direction is flawless and Corinne Griffith is as well. Her performance is quite natural and full of humor and honesty. She is both sweet and hilarious, and a truly great star.

This was one of the great silents and deserves to be remembered. Milestone's film is itself a milestone for many such films of the sound era which would follow in its wake. A must see for true film buffs.

Sheer Delight.......2006-02-18

This sumptuous release is everything a silent film buff could ask for - lovely restoration, a beautifully appropriate score and a wonderful story. Corrinne Griffith is cute as a button, and Lewis Milestone directs her and the other stars - Louise Dresser, Charles Ray and Lowell Sherman, among others, with a light touch. The Garden of Eden has now joined Show People as a film I screen for friends who think that silents are static and boring. The print is so pristine that it sparkles, and the extras are generous and interesting.

IN THE BEST ROMANTIC STYLE........2005-04-22

This is a delightful film based upon a play by Avery Hopwood, an adaption of a work by Rudolph Bernauer and Rudolf Oesterreicher, featuring a radiant and vivacious Corinne Griffith as Toni LeBrun, a would-be diva who is adopted as ward by a baroness (Louise Dresser) who takes her to Monte Carlo where romantic adventures then take place. The work is directed by Lewis Milestone, one of the few Americans who may be described as a cinematic auteur, predicated upon his clear stylistic methods, in evidence here in this leisurely paced effort, in particular with clever establishing, long and detail shots used in the seamless decoupage typical of silent filmmaking at its best, and certainly present in this influential picture. The keen expressivity of art director William Cameron Menzies and the technically flawless cinematography of John Arnold are absorbed by Milestone as this trio combine in presenting a stream of interesting imagery, some of which has been copied but not bettered in the sound era. A highly polished supporting cast backs Griffith, notably Charles Ray as her romantic favorite, Lowell Sherman as a knavish would-be nobleman, Maude George, who portrays an androgynous stage manager and Dresser in a typically well-defined performance as Toni's adoptive mother. Rosa Rio, at the Wurlitzer, plays the original score with a great deal of wit and neatly interpretive passage-work; a perfect aural mating with a sublimely visual feast.

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Dreaming of Paradise

The Garden of Eden
Starring: Renée Coleman , Bruno Bichir , Gabriela Roel , Denisse Bravo , and Ángeles Cruz
Director: María Novaro
Manufacturer: Vanguard Cinema
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Release Date: 2001-12-28

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Dreaming of Paradise.......2005-10-23

Maria Novaro, a wonderful Mexican storyteller, and film director brings to the screen a magnificent crash of cultures and traditions. In this film (1994), Novaro exalts her characters and their triumphant discovery for happiness in life. It is considered a Social Drama but you can discover more elements as you watch it. The solitary characters are looking for inner peace, identity, freedom, love, meaning, perhaps the metaphoric experience of going to the Paradise. Ironically, this "garden" setting is nonetheless the famous multifaceted border city of Tijuana, Mexico. This is a famous place where many cultures have been intertwining for many years. In this film, we see Mexicans, Americans, and Chicanos with intricate, and similar experiences of solitude. We can hear Spanish, English, Spanglish, and other dialects like Mixteco, which is not very typical for the habitual audiences. We also see a variety of ages, young, middle age, and mature. Men and women carried on with roles not very popular or traditionally accepted. We can see a mixture of cultures, rich, poor, mystic, liberal, and conservative. As an innovator, (there are not many women directors with her popularity) Novaro's stories seem to present the element of: "I was there", and "I know what I am talking about". These stories are not magic tales, nor cheese episodes. They are just plain and daily hard life at the border where everyone is dreaming to get to Paradise.

Biography - Adam & Eve (A&E DVD Archives)

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Great A&E Biography!!

Biography - Adam & Eve (A&E DVD Archives)
Starring: Adam & Eve , and Garden of Eden
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ASIN: B0009K7RUC
Release Date: 2005-07-26

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They were the world's first people, the first to live, the first to love, the first to yield to temptation. According to Genesis, God created Adam from the dust of the earth, then formed Eve from Adam's rib. Their simple story of temptation and innocence lost has endured and resonated in the hearts of Westerners for thousands of years. As a creation legend, morality play and love story, the tale of Adam and Eve has always been a source of fascination. This extraordinary program combines expert interviews, abundant location footage and rare paintings and artifacts to create a unique portrait of the two people who started it all. This is an in-depth look at Adam and Eve, the man and woman who gave humans their humanity.

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Great A&E Biography!!.......2004-04-22

This is a great A&E Biography of the biblical legends Adam & Eve.They were the worlds first nudists!!!

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ADAM & EVE EN ESPANOL

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ASIN: B000E370ZG
Release Date: 1996-02-12

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Fueron los primeros seres humanos del planeta, los primeros en vivir, los primeros en amar y los primeros en rendirse a la tentacisn. Segzn al libro bmblico de ginesis, Dios cres a Adan del polvo y de la tierra, y despuis cres a Eva con la costilla de Adan. Esta historia de tentacisn y de inocencia perdida ha prevalecido y resonado en los corazones del mundo occidental por miles de aqos. Sea una leyenda de la creacisn, una obra moral o una historia de amor, el cuento de Adan y Eva ha sido siempre un relato fascinacinante. Este programa extraordinario combina entrevistas de expertos en este tema, imagenes de lugares histsricos, pinturas y artefactos raros para crear un retrato znico de los personajes que empezaron el principio de todo. Iste es un estudio profundo de Adan y Eva, el hombre y la mujer responsable por el origen de la humanidad del mundo. They were the world's first people, the first to live, the first to love, the first to yield to temptation. According to Genesis, God created Adam from the dust of the earth, then formed Eve from Adam's rib. Their simple story of temptation and innocence lost has endured and resonated in the hearts of Westerners for thousands of years. As a creation legend, morality play and love story, the tale of Adam and Eve has always been a source of fascination. This extraordinary program combines expert interviews, abundant location footage and rare paintings and artifacts to create a unique portrait of the two people who started it all. This is an in-depth look at Adam and Eve, the man and woman who gave humans their humanity.

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